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SDelete V1.0
The Documentation
29/2/1996
Explanation:
Greetings,
This is another util for those people with serious paranoid
fixations. The idea goes like this:- You've got a very sensitive file or
files and you delete them from you drive, along comes Mr. X and undeletes
them using DiskSalv, OH DEAR now there are a few ways of avoiding this
scenario, 1. Don't store dodgy data on your machine. 2. Don't let Mr.X near
it. 3. Overwrite your data. 4.Reorganise your drive after deleting the
files. 5. Use SDELETE (short for SecureDelete).
What SDelete does is prior to deleting a file it overwites the contents
with "BADDATA-" after doing this it deletes the file. This means once a
file has been deleted using SDelete even if you undelete a deleted file the
data within it will have been destroyed.
BUGS
Currently acts strange if a file that has a WRITE lock on it is
encountered, does not cause any real problems it just keeps trying to
delete it every other go.
Usage:
This CLI prgram functions almost exactly the same way as Delete.
Command line parameters:
FILE/M/A,ALL/S,QUIET/S,FORCE/S,BUF=BUFFER/K/N:
FILE: File(s)/Dir(s) to delete, wildcards are handled.
ALL: Recurse into sub-dirs.
QUIET: No output to stdout
FORCE: Unprotect file if protection bit set.
BUFFER: Size of buffer for overwrite data (default 4096 Bytes). If you are
deleting large files this will speed up the process if you make it
bigger.
Author Stuff:
This program is Free-Ware.
Feel free to send me a postcard.
This program will only work on WB 2.0 and above.
This program was written on an Amiga A1200 68882 6MB.
Currently doing a degree in computer science at Exeter University (yawn)
spending most of my time coding my third year project ( Samplex ) a powerful
sample editor.
Find me on IRC #goth / #gothic nick=aleph
Feel free to email me with any problems/comments/suggestions regarding my
software at
cs93kc@dcs.exeter.ac.uk
or snail mail to
73 Prince of Wales rd,
Dorchester, Dorset, England, DT1 1PS
Shameless Plug of other software by me
Set_Icon :- Fab icon util
RandomDataFile :- Useful for random prefs
SBL_Eyes :- Scaling Eyes in a window watching Mouse Pointer
SBL_AGA_Atomz :- Classic Atoms game in hires-lace 256 colours 4plyr AI
SBL_WBGames :- Five workbench games
BigTime :- Modular Clock.
EmbedIFF24 :- Embed data in 24-bit images.
Embed256 :- Embed data in 256 colour images.
Cookie :- CLI based fortune cookie prog.
Real Name:- Kevin Crate ( Everyone has their demon to carry )
"Nothings quite as real, as the cold kiss of steel"
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