This is the command nwipe that can be run in the OnWorks free hosting provider using one of our multiple free online workstations such as Ubuntu Online, Fedora Online, Windows online emulator or MAC OS online emulator
PROGRAM:
NAME
nwipe - securely erase disks
SYNOPSIS
nwipe [options] [device1] [device2] ...
DESCRIPTION
nwipe is a command that will securely erase disks using a variety of recognised methods.
It is a fork of the dwipe command used by Darik's Boot and Nuke (dban). nwipe is included
with partedmagic if want a quick and easy bootable CD version. nwipe was created out of a
need to run the DBAN dwipe command outside of DBAN, in order to allow its use with any
host distribution, thus giving better hardware support. It is essentially the same as
dwipe, with a few changes:
- pthreads is used instead of fork
- The parted library is used to detect drives
- The code is designed to be compiled with gcc
- SIGUSR1 can be used to log the stats of the current wipe
OPTIONS
-V, --version
Prints the version number
-h, --help
Prints a help summary
--autonuke
If no devices have been specified on the command line, starts wiping all devices
immediately. If devices have been specified, starts wiping only those specified
devices immediately.
--sync Open devices in sync mode
--nowait
Do not wait for a key before exiting (default is to wait).
--nogui
Do not show the GUI interface. Can only be used with the autonuke option. Nowait
option is automatically invoked with the nogui option. SIGUSR1 can be used to
retrieve the current wiping statistics.
--verify=TYPE
Whether to perform verification of erasure (default: last) off - Do not verify
last - Verify after the last pass all - Verify every pass
-m, --method=METHOD
The wiping method (default: dodshort).
dod522022m / dod - 7 pass DOD 5220.22-M method
dodshort / dod3pass - 3 pass DOD method
gutmann - Peter Gutmann's Algorithm
ops2 - RCMP TSSIT OPS-II
random / prng / stream - PRNG Stream
zero / quick - Overwrite with zeros
-l, --logfile=FILE
Filename to log to. Default is STDOUT
-p, --prng=METHOD
PRNG option (mersenne|twister|isaac)
-r, --rounds=NUM
Number of times to wipe the device using the selected method (default: 1)
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