Scrub Quick Start

For those in a rush, here's how to get scrub working.
Download the latest release tarball and do the following to build scrub:

$ tar xvf scrub-2.6.0.tar.gz
scrub-2.6.0/
scrub-2.6.0/NEWS
scrub-2.6.0/test/
scrub-2.6.0/test/t02
scrub-2.6.0/test/t10.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t07.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t13.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t15.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t00.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/pat.c
scrub-2.6.0/test/t05.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t18.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t17.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t20.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t03
scrub-2.6.0/test/t04.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t22.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t02.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t08
scrub-2.6.0/test/t06.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t04
scrub-2.6.0/test/t14.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t11.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/README
scrub-2.6.0/test/Makefile.am
scrub-2.6.0/test/t09
scrub-2.6.0/test/tsig.c
scrub-2.6.0/test/t21.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t01.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t03.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t12
scrub-2.6.0/test/t16
scrub-2.6.0/test/t07
scrub-2.6.0/test/t16.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/tgetsize.c
scrub-2.6.0/test/tsize.c
scrub-2.6.0/test/t15
scrub-2.6.0/test/t19.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/tprogress.c
scrub-2.6.0/test/t17
scrub-2.6.0/test/t20
scrub-2.6.0/test/Makefile.in
scrub-2.6.0/test/t21
scrub-2.6.0/test/trand.c
scrub-2.6.0/test/t00
scrub-2.6.0/test/t18
scrub-2.6.0/test/t01
scrub-2.6.0/test/t12.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t19
scrub-2.6.0/test/t08.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t13
scrub-2.6.0/test/t22
scrub-2.6.0/test/t14
scrub-2.6.0/test/pad.c
scrub-2.6.0/test/t11
scrub-2.6.0/test/t09.exp
scrub-2.6.0/test/t05
scrub-2.6.0/test/aestest.c
scrub-2.6.0/test/t10
scrub-2.6.0/test/t06
scrub-2.6.0/scrub.spec
scrub-2.6.0/AUTHORS
scrub-2.6.0/aclocal.m4
scrub-2.6.0/ChangeLog
scrub-2.6.0/README
scrub-2.6.0/configure.ac
scrub-2.6.0/Makefile.am
scrub-2.6.0/configure
scrub-2.6.0/src/
scrub-2.6.0/src/hwrand.h
scrub-2.6.0/src/hwrand.c
scrub-2.6.0/src/sig.c
scrub-2.6.0/src/pattern.h
scrub-2.6.0/src/genrand.h
scrub-2.6.0/src/util.h
scrub-2.6.0/src/fillfile.c
scrub-2.6.0/src/getsize.c
scrub-2.6.0/src/Makefile.am
scrub-2.6.0/src/scrub.c
scrub-2.6.0/src/aes.h
scrub-2.6.0/src/sig.h
scrub-2.6.0/src/getsize.h
scrub-2.6.0/src/util.c
scrub-2.6.0/src/fillfile.h
scrub-2.6.0/src/filldentry.h
scrub-2.6.0/src/Makefile.in
scrub-2.6.0/src/pattern.c
scrub-2.6.0/src/progress.c
scrub-2.6.0/src/filldentry.c
scrub-2.6.0/src/progress.h
scrub-2.6.0/src/aes.c
scrub-2.6.0/src/genrand.c
scrub-2.6.0/man/
scrub-2.6.0/man/Makefile.am
scrub-2.6.0/man/scrub.1
scrub-2.6.0/man/scrub.1.in
scrub-2.6.0/man/Makefile.in
scrub-2.6.0/scrub.spec.in
scrub-2.6.0/INSTALL
scrub-2.6.0/Makefile.in
scrub-2.6.0/META
scrub-2.6.0/COPYING
scrub-2.6.0/DISCLAIMER
scrub-2.6.0/libscrub/
scrub-2.6.0/libscrub/libscrub.map
scrub-2.6.0/libscrub/scrub.h
scrub-2.6.0/libscrub/README
scrub-2.6.0/libscrub/Makefile.am
scrub-2.6.0/libscrub/Makefile.in
scrub-2.6.0/libscrub/libscrub.c
scrub-2.6.0/libscrub/libscrub.pc.in
scrub-2.6.0/libscrub/tscrub.c
scrub-2.6.0/config/
scrub-2.6.0/config/ac_pkgconfig.m4
scrub-2.6.0/config/ltmain.sh
scrub-2.6.0/config/config.h.in
scrub-2.6.0/config/depcomp
scrub-2.6.0/config/config.sub
scrub-2.6.0/config/x_ac_expand_install_dirs.m4
scrub-2.6.0/config/x_ac_check_pthreads.m4
scrub-2.6.0/config/x_ac_meta.m4
scrub-2.6.0/config/config.guess
scrub-2.6.0/config/install-sh
scrub-2.6.0/config/missing
$
$ cd scrub-2.6.0
$ ./configure
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking metadata... yes
checking installation directory variables... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking getopt.h usability... yes
checking getopt.h presence... yes
checking for getopt.h... yes
checking stdbool.h usability... yes
checking stdbool.h presence... yes
checking for stdbool.h... yes
checking pthread.h usability... yes
checking pthread.h presence... yes
checking for pthread.h... yes
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1966080
checking whether the shell understands some XSI constructs... yes
checking whether the shell understands "+="... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for ar... ar
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking whether to install pkg-config *.pc files... ${libdir}/pkgconfig
checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking for getopt_long... yes
checking for posix_memalign... yes
checking for memalign... yes
checking for posix_fadvise... yes
checking for rand_r... yes
checking for random_r... yes
checking how to link against pthreads... -lpthread
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating scrub.spec
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating man/Makefile
config.status: creating man/scrub.1
config.status: creating test/Makefile
config.status: creating libscrub/Makefile
config.status: creating libscrub/libscrub.pc
config.status: creating config/config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
$
$ make
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../config     -g -O2 -MT aes.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/aes.Tpo -c -o aes.o aes.c
mv -f .deps/aes.Tpo .deps/aes.Po
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../config     -g -O2 -MT filldentry.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/filldentry.Tpo -c -o filldentry.o filldentry.c
mv -f .deps/filldentry.Tpo .deps/filldentry.Po
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../config     -g -O2 -MT fillfile.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/fillfile.Tpo -c -o fillfile.o fillfile.c
mv -f .deps/fillfile.Tpo .deps/fillfile.Po
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../config     -g -O2 -MT genrand.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/genrand.Tpo -c -o genrand.o genrand.c
mv -f .deps/genrand.Tpo .deps/genrand.Po
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../config     -g -O2 -MT getsize.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/getsize.Tpo -c -o getsize.o getsize.c
mv -f .deps/getsize.Tpo .deps/getsize.Po
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../config     -g -O2 -MT hwrand.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/hwrand.Tpo -c -o hwrand.o hwrand.c
mv -f .deps/hwrand.Tpo .deps/hwrand.Po
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../config     -g -O2 -MT pattern.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/pattern.Tpo -c -o pattern.o pattern.c
mv -f .deps/pattern.Tpo .deps/pattern.Po
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../config     -g -O2 -MT progress.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/progress.Tpo -c -o progress.o progress.c
mv -f .deps/progress.Tpo .deps/progress.Po
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../config     -g -O2 -MT scrub.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/scrub.Tpo -c -o scrub.o scrub.c
mv -f .deps/scrub.Tpo .deps/scrub.Po
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../config     -g -O2 -MT sig.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/sig.Tpo -c -o sig.o sig.c
mv -f .deps/sig.Tpo .deps/sig.Po
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../config     -g -O2 -MT util.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/util.Tpo -c -o util.o util.c
mv -f .deps/util.Tpo .deps/util.Po
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC   --mode=link gcc  -g -O2   -o scrub aes.o filldentry.o fillfile.o genrand.o getsize.o hwrand.o pattern.o progress.o scrub.o sig.o util.o -lpthread 
libtool: link: gcc -g -O2 -o scrub aes.o filldentry.o fillfile.o genrand.o getsize.o hwrand.o pattern.o progress.o scrub.o sig.o util.o  -lpthread
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/garlick/proj/scrub/scrub/scrub-2.6.0/src'
Making all in man
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/garlick/proj/scrub/scrub/scrub-2.6.0/man'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/garlick/proj/scrub/scrub/scrub-2.6.0/man'
Making all in test
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/garlick/proj/scrub/scrub/scrub-2.6.0/test'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/garlick/proj/scrub/scrub/scrub-2.6.0/test'
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/garlick/proj/scrub/scrub/scrub-2.6.0'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `all-am'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/garlick/proj/scrub/scrub/scrub-2.6.0'
$

To scrub the second partition on Linux disk /dev/sda using default NNSA
algorithm, do the following.  Note that for normal SATA disks this will
take some time.

$ src/scrub /dev/sda2
scrub: using NNSA NAP-14.1-C patterns
scrub: please verify that device size below is correct!
scrub: scrubbing /dev/sda2 6234762240 bytes (~5GB)
scrub: random  |................................................|
scrub: random  |................................................|
scrub: 0x00    |................................................|
scrub: verify  |................................................|
$
