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fwipe - Default branch

Section: Unix

Added: Sat, Aug 12th 2000 10:31 PDT (7 years, 9 months ago)

Updated: Sat, Apr 14th 2001 08:19 PDT (7 years, 0 months ago)

About:
fwipe overwrites your file a specified number of times (default: 5) and then deletes it. It is extremely secure; it will not be confused by filenames containing special characters, and is suitable for use in cleanup scripts by system admins.

Author:
Len Budney <lbudney __at__ pobox __dot__ com> [contact developer]

Homepage:
http://www.pobox.com/~lbudney/linux/software/fwipe.html

Trove categories: [change]
[Environment] Console (Text Based)
[Intended Audience] End Users/Desktop
[License] OSI Approved :: BSD License (original)
[Topic] Utilities

Dependencies: [change]
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