https://github.com/joshcap20/secure-delete

Simple, military-grade file and directory deletion tool.
https://github.com/joshcap20/secure-delete

data-destruction data-sanitization data-security file-deletion file-shredder overwrite-tool privacy-tool secure-erase

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Simple, military-grade file and directory deletion tool.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/joshcap20/secure-delete
• Owner: JoshCap20
• Created: 2023-08-09T03:42:53.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-10-04T06:09:04.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-18T13:49:00.112Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: data-destruction, data-sanitization, data-security, file-deletion, file-shredder, overwrite-tool, privacy-tool, secure-erase
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 10.7 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Secure-Delete

Simple deletion script for files and directories with three passes in accordance with most security standards.  

Pass 1 rewrites with 0s.  

Pass 2 rewrites with binary 1s.  

Pass 3 rewrites with random characters.   

Verification occurs after each pass.  

## Installation

`

git clone https://github.com/JoshCap20/Secure-Delete.git && cd Secure-Delete && source setup.sh

`

* This will add an alias for `erase` to the shell's global scope.

## Usage

`erase `