.Dd 23 January 2004 .Os .Dt DESTROY 1 .Sh NAME .Nm Destroy .Nd Destroy files from the harddisk in a secure manner. .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm destroy .Op Fl shq .Op Ar .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm destroy removes files from the harddrive by overwriting the file with NULL and Random bytes. You may specify a regular file, or an enitre directory. .Pp The Options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl s Security level; the number of times the file will be overwrittin with NULL and Random bytes. If you enter a value of 5, 10 alternating overwrites will happen: 5 NULL and 5 Random. If this number is not entered on the command line, a default value for the security level will be set to 5. The lowest value accepted is 1, and the highest security value is 20. NOTE: The higher the value, the longer the program might take to run. .It Fl f Destroy with force -- Remove all types of files; do not skip over file types such as Sockets or Named Pipes. .It Fl q Run quietly -- Suppress all output from this application. You might not want all this stuff flying by on the screen should the fedz be trying to watch. .It Fl h Print help message and referance to this man page. .El .Sh BUGS There are no known bugs at this time, if you find a bug, please report it to: .Sh AUTHOR .An Shane Kinney