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Wipe repeatedly writes special patterns to the file or files to be destroyed, using the fsync() call and/or the O_SYNC bit to force disk access, in order to lessen the chance of data recovery using techniques such as magnetic force microscopy.
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wipe: Repeatedly writes special patterns to the file or files to be destroyed,
Wipe repeatedly writes special patterns to the file or files to be destroyed, using the fsync() call and/or the O_SYNC bit to force disk access, in order to lessen the chance of data recovery using techniques such as magnetic force microscopy.
| Name: | wipe |
| Release: | 2.3.1-4mamba |
| Group: | System/Tools |
| Maintainer: | silvan |
| License: | GPL |
| Size: | 81.57 kB |
| Upstream URL: | https://wipe.sourceforge.net/ |
| Build time: | 2026-03-18 19:24:31 |
Source files
wipe-2.3.1.tar.bz2wipe.spec
Binary packages and requirements
| x86_64 | i586 | |
|---|---|---|
| Built RPMS | wipe wipe-debug | wipe wipe-debug |
| Build requirements | glibc-devel [1] | glibc-devel [1] |
History of changes
| Date | Packager | Release | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | autodist | 2.3.1-4mamba | - automatic rebuild by autodist |
| 2021-03-21 | autodist | 2.3.1-3mamba | - automatic rebuild by autodist |
| 2021-03-21 | autodist | 2.3.1-2mamba | - automatic rebuild by autodist |
| 2010-05-10 | autodist | 2.3.1-1mamba | - automatic update by autodist |
| 2009-07-09 | autodist | 2.3.0-1mamba | - automatic update by autodist |
| 2008-09-28 | silvan | 2.2.0-2mamba | - specfile updated |
| 2004-12-14 | silvan | 2.2.0-1qilnx | - package created by autospec |