Added notes to README about zeroing free blocks

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@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ a directory tree or an entire volume:
- Multi-level directory sort - Multi-level directory sort
- Manipulating the case of filenames * - Manipulating the case of filenames *
- Manipulating the format of time and date information * - Manipulating the format of time and date information *
- Zeroing free blocks
*Sortdir* is intended to help users migrate to the new ProDOS 2.5 release, *Sortdir* is intended to help users migrate to the new ProDOS 2.5 release,
which is currently in alpha. The code has been testing with ProDOS 2.5a8, which is currently in alpha. The code has been testing with ProDOS 2.5a8,
@ -343,6 +344,8 @@ time format back to the legacy format.
### Zeroing Free Blocks ### Zeroing Free Blocks
Not yet implemented in ProDOS-8 version. If requested *Sortdir* will zero free blocks on disk. This is helpful in order
to make disk images compress better with ZIP or similar tools and also to
securely erase files.