On 15/01/16 17:07, Chad Perry wrote:
> #The function for writing random data to the disk.
> def random():
> os.system("/sbin/fdisk -l")
> device=raw_input("Enter device: ")
> count=input("How many times would you like to wipe the device? ")
> raw_input("Press Enter to continue, or Ctrl+C to exit: ")
> lap=1
> for i in range(count):
> print "Processing wipe count %s of %s..."%(lap, count)
> os.system(("dd if=/dev/urandom of=%s")%(device))
> lap=lap+1
>
> I need to know how to substitute for the drive letter for the following
> drives.
>
> sad-sdp
> also will need to wipe data from /dev/md1
Sorry, it's not clear to me exactly what you want to substitute.
Can you provide sample input and output?
For example, if I input
/dev/sda
What do you want to happen?
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