fwipe(1) fwipe(1) NNAAMMEE fwipe - securely overwrite and delete files on command line SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS ffwwiippee [ _f_i_l_e_s ] DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN For each regular file listed on the command line, ffwwiippee attempts to overwrite the file five times times with 0's and 1's. If suffessful, ffwwiippee attempts to delete the file. For each file, ffwwiippee prints a response to stdout consisting of the filename, followed by a 0-byte, a status byte, a human-readable message and a newline. The status byte is 'Z' for temporary failure, 'D' for permanent failure, and 'K' for success. ffwwiippee is simply a shell script, directing the output of eecchhoo00 to ffwwiippee00. OOPPTTIIOONNSS None. CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT Copyright (c) 2000, Len Budney. All rights reserved. fwipe is made available under the terms of the BSD license. SSEEEE AALLSSOO echo0(1), fwipe0(1) fwipe(1)