Fill a disk with random data to push out old SSD data
Project description
pushfill
Fill a disk with pseudo-random data as fast as possible, then clean up.
Designed to push out old data from SSDs by writing pseudo-random bytes until the target size is reached or the disk is full.
Usage
pushfill /tmp # Fill /tmp until disk is full, then delete
pushfill /tmp --size 10G # Write 10 GB then delete
pushfill /tmp --size 500M --keep # Write 500 MB and keep files
pushfill . --workers 4 # Use 4 worker processes
Install
uv tool install pushfill
Licence
This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. See LICENSE for details.
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