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.

The Options are as follows:

-s  Security level; the number of times the file will be overwrittin 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 5. 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: <shane@freebsdhackers.net>

AUTHOR
Shane Kinney <shane@freebsdhackers.net>