Re: safelly erasing dirs/files

From: Bill Moran <wmoran(at)potentialtech(dot)com>
To: Joao Ferreira gmail <joao(dot)miguel(dot)c(dot)ferreira(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: safelly erasing dirs/files
Date: 2009-11-14 19:35:21
Message-ID: 20091114143521.77becfe9.wmoran@potentialtech.com
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Joao Ferreira gmail <joao(dot)miguel(dot)c(dot)ferreira(at)gmail(dot)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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Bill Moran
http://www.potentialtech.com

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