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DESTROY(1)             DragonFly General Commands Manual            DESTROY(1)


NAME

     Destroy - Destroy files from the harddisk in a secure manner.


SYNOPSIS

     destroy [-shq] [file ...]


DESCRIPTION

     destroy removes files from the harddrive by overwriting the file with
     NULL and Random bytes.  You may specify a regular file, or an enitre
     directory.  In addition you may specify a wild card to destroy certain
     file types or filename matches.

     The Options are as follows:

     -s      Security level: The number of times the file will be overwritten
             with NULL and Random bytes.  If you enter a value of 5, 10
             alternating overwrites will happen: 5 NULL and 5 Random.  If this
             number is not entered on the command line, a default value for
             the security level will be set to 7 as perscribed by the U.S.
             Department of Defense.  The lowest value accepted is 1, and the
             highest security value is 20.  NOTE: The higher the value, the
             longer the program might take to run.

     -f      Destroy with force -- Remove all types of files; do not skip over
             file types such as Sockets or Named Pipes.

     -q      Run quietly -- Suppress all output from this application.  You
             might not want all this stuff flying by on the screen should the
             fedz be trying to watch.

     -h      Print help message and referance to this man page.


BUGS

     There are no known bugs at this time, if you find a bug, please report it
     to: <modsix@gmail.com>


AUTHOR

     Shane Kinney (mod6) <modsix@gmail.com> | mod6 @ irc.freebsdhackers.net
     #freebsd | WWW: http://www.mod6.net

DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT       23 January 2004      DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT

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