BUG: SDelete 2.05 prints contradictory message for switch -z.

isomega 31 Reputation points
2025-02-14T14:36:01.0466667+00:00

When sdelete 2.05 runs with the switch -z switch it prints a progress message "Cleaning free space on...". When finished, it prints "... drive cleaned."

I expected the messages to indicate that it was Zeroing, and had zeroed, the volume to distinguish its behavior from the -c switch.

This is a concern because the behavior of sdelete's -c and -z switches were swapped a few years ago, so it raises doubt as to precisely what is happening.

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