Wipe is a file and block device wiping utility. It is based on work by Peter Gutmann.
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2.3: DEFAULTS! the default is now one single random pass <-- MAJOR CHANGE special files are no longer deleted by default support for wiping char devices, such as tape drives percentage reporting improved (thanks to Jason Tackaberry for patch) cleanup and exit upon SIGINT each wiped file prints on a seperate line skip unnecessary fdatasync()s, unless you want the extra accuracy on the % shown (-e option) call fsync() on the file after name wipe, in addition to fsync on the directory if fdatasync() fails, try for O_SYNC and only complain once per file fixed some off-by-ones fixed percentages for non-static wipes
2.3: DEFAULTS! the default is now one single random pass <-- MAJOR CHANGE special files are no longer deleted by default support for wiping char devices, such as tape drives percentage reporting improved (thanks to Jason Tackaberry for patch) cleanup and exit upon SIGINT each wiped file prints on a seperate line skip unnecessary fdatasync()s, unless you want the extra accuracy on the % shown (-e option) call fsync() on the file after name wipe, in addition to fsync on the directory if fdatasync() fails, try for O_SYNC and only complain once per file fixed some off-by-ones fixed percentages for non-static wipes
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