Re: safelly erasing dirs/files

Joao Ferreira gmail <joao.miguel.c.ferreira@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> How can I safelly erase (with rm command in Linux) files or dirs
> concerning a specific database ?

What do you mean by this?  The typical way would be to log into the
DB server and issue DROP DATABASE x.

However, if you're looking for secure data destruction (akin to rm's -P
flag) I don't know if there is a canned method for doing so.

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