This script is for Slackware 14.1 only and may be outdated.

SlackBuilds Repository

14.1 > System > zerofree (1.0.3)

Zerofree is a utility which scans the free blocks in an ext2/3/4
filesystem and fills any non-zero blocks with zeroes.

This is useful if you have an ext2/3/4 virtual disk image
(e.g. VirtualBox' .vdi) that you wish to compact.

See project homepage for information and usage.

Maintained by: B. Watson
Keywords: ext2,ext3,ext4,VirtualBox,vdi
ChangeLog: zerofree

Homepage:
http://intgat.tigress.co.uk/rmy/uml/index.html

Source Downloads:
zerofree-1.0.3.tgz (7fffca9639a2acc9c889c49b3f94a0c6)
sparsify.c (919ad782c7120d1e4a9c0ccc9f45b8ef)

Download SlackBuild:
zerofree.tar.gz
zerofree.tar.gz.asc (FAQ)

(the SlackBuild does not include the source)

Individual Files:

• README

• slack-desc

• zerofree.8

• zerofree.SlackBuild

• zerofree.info

Validated for Slackware 14.1

See our HOWTO for instructions on how to use the contents of this repository.

Access to the repository is available via:
ftp git cgit http rsync