Turns out, and this after me calling it 'a bit too much,' there
is an
srm for other Linuxes.
There are actually two out there, but
this is the one that
works.
The install file is a tad stupid, though. As with the older version, it creates an srm executable (suitable to your particular environment; srm.exe for Cygwin)
in the /source folder of the unzipped source files folder -- if that's the way one chooses to install it. Cygwin and other Linux-on-(
insert-host-OS-here) users will have to cp that exe(cutable) to their own /bin or /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin directories, as preference and/or priority in your execution path permits.
But it does work. So flush the -P (sorry, couldn't resist) and go with srm.
BZT