Status of dd – obtain where dd is at within its operation:
- OpenBSD
pkill -INFO dd
- Linux
pkill -USR1 dd
Sanitisation of hard disks or other devices
- OpenBSD
dd if=/dev/arandom of=/dev/r#d#c bs=10k
- Solaris – Further information can be found in my Hard Drive Sanitisation post
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/rdsk/c#t#d#s2 bs=10k
- Linux
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sd# bs=10k