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gowipe - securely delete files and directories (not for SSD)

Usage: gowipe [-rcvz] <file|directory>...

Options:
-r --recursive    Delete <dir> recursively
-c --count <num>  Overwrite files <num> times
-m --mode <mode>  Use <mode> for overwriting (or use -E, -S, -M, -Z)
-n --nodelete     Do not delete files after overwriting
-N --norename     Do not rename the files
-v --verbose      Verbose output
-V --version      Show program version
-h --help         Show usage

Available modes:
zero      Overwrite with zeroes (-Z)
math      Overwrite with math random bytes (-M)
secure    Overwrite with secure random bytes (default) (-S)
encrypt   Overwrite with ChaCha2Poly1305 encryption (most secure) (-E)

Getting help

Although I'm happy to hear from gowipe users in private email, that's the best way for me to forget to do something.

In order to report a bug, unexpected behavior, feature requests or to submit a patch, please open an issue on github: https://github.com/TLINDEN/gowipe/issues.

Copyright and license

This software is licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE version 3.

Authors

T.v.Dein

Project homepage

https://github.com/TLINDEN/gowipe