On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 00:51 -0300, Fernando Cassia wrote:
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 17:54, Aaron Konstam <akonstam(a)sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
It does mean erasing the files on the disk or other media. Now
what does
erasing mean. It means that any program whose purpose is to
list files
on the media will find no files. That is what most people mean
by
erasing. In windows the system, tells you that all the
contents of the
file will be lost. That is erasing in normal parlance.
I also disagree with the statement: They're still there. And
easily
recovered with the most rudimentary of effort. They are not
easily
recovered and the process is not rudimentary.
+1+1+1
:))
FC
Let us add another mini-fact. I don't mind adopting Alan Cox's
suggestion to refer to the formatting process as formatting rather than
erasing.
But then what do we say the function of rm is. Does it erase the files
that are its arguments. It also does not erase the file anymore than
format does.
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