Re: Xfce: File browser

["Selim T. Erdogan" <selim@alumni.cs.utexas.edu>]

Ralf Mardorf, 18.11.2011:
> 
> IMO it's hard enough that there isn't a confidential, comfortable shred
> option even for the command line, at least the DE should delete (rm -r)
> files and directories instead of moving them.
> Or is there a shred option working for journaled FS and that perhaps
> enables to delete directories directly too?

Have a look at the secure-delete package.  I've used srm in the past.

(BTW, it has options to tell it how many times to overwrite data.  If 
you choose high values it'll take a REAAAAAALLY LOOOOOONG time.)