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Re: HD memory wiper/shredder


From: Matthias Güntert <MatzeGuentert () gmx de>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 11:18:19 +0200

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give the linux "shred" command a try, it belongs to the linux coreutils

...part of the man page...

NAME
       shred  -  delete a file securely, first overwriting it to hide   
       its contents

SYNOPSIS
       shred [OPTIONS] FILE [...]

DESCRIPTION
       Overwrite the specified FILE(s) repeatedly, in order to make it
               harder for even very expensive hardware probing to recover the
       data.


Have a nice day :)


Matthias Güntert
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