> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 09:01:23 -0500 > To: [email protected] > From: "Tim O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Linux FS Question
> Is there a way to securely delete a file? Or do I need to study the e2fs > and develop a program to do it? I'm sure there's lots of people out there > who'd like the ability to know that when something's been deleted, it's > gone; no line, no waiting.. Right now. > > Ideas? > You could write a small c prog, that stats the file to get the size, then open the file, write 0's to the whole file, close it and unlink. Most of this is standard library calls. Stephen. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
