tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145165622012-02-16T11:46:20.171-05:00Mostly just complaining.maxskewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550405683452956590noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14516562.post-1130353581353230942005-10-26T14:54:00.000-04:002005-10-26T22:07:51.430-04:00The topic of diff tools came up today, so I thought I would post my favorites under Linux:<br /><br />sdiff usage:<br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">sdiff -w 120 <file1> <file2><br /><br />kdiff3 is pretty slick:<br /><a href="http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/">http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net</a><br /></file2></file1></span><br />This is the GUI diff tool I use under Windoze:<br /><a href="http://www.prestosoft.com/ps.asp?page=edp_examdiff">http://www.prestosoft.com/ps.asp?page=edp_examdiff</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14516562-113035358135323094?l=maxskew.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>maxskewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550405683452956590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14516562.post-1121799453305294212005-07-19T14:46:00.000-04:002005-07-19T14:57:33.310-04:00<span style="font-family:arial;"> To shred your drive, boot Knoppix, open a terminal and switch to the root user:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">su</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Then type:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"> shred -vz -n 2 /dev/hda</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">This writes 2 random passes, and 1 zero pass on the entire drive.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14516562-112179945330529421?l=maxskew.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>maxskewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16550405683452956590noreply@blogger.com0