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srm - securely wipe files
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srm is a utility to overwrite files with random data in one or more passes.
Dependencies
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None.
Compatibility
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srm has been tested on the following operating systems:
* OpenBSD (5.1-snap)
* OS X (10.8)
* Linux (Debian 6.0)
Installation
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make build install
Usage
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srm [-v] [-n number] file list
options:
-n <number of passes>: specify number of passes
(default is 3 passes)
-v: verbose mode. display list of failures and wiped files after wiping
Known bugs / caveats
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srm can't recursively remove files, i.e. it can't remove directories.