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- Purge 2.0
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- This program works much like the AmigaDos command Delete, except it
- completely erases the file in such a way that it's impossible to
- recover. Files erased with Delete can often be recovered with
- programs such as DiskSalv, or Quarterback Tools. Not so with
- Purge. If you want to free up space on your disk, use Delete, but
- if you want the file to be gone, permanently, use Purge.
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- usage: Purge <filename>
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- All AmigaDos wildcards are fully supported. Purge is pure, and can be made
- resident. Purge works by writing random data over the file before deleting
- it. By doing this, even if the file is later recovered, it will consist of
- nothing but garbage. The disadvantage over the delete command is that
- Purging a file can take quite a bit longer than deleting one.
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- Written by Neall Verheyde using DICE 2.06.34
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- This program is placed in the public domain.
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- Known Bugs
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- Purge WILL guru if the stack is under 8192 bytes!!!
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- Revision history
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- version 2.0 (June 1992)
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- - wildcard support added
- - write buffer increased to 8K to speed up purging
- - random data written to file instead of blanks
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- version 1.0 (January 1992)
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- - initial release
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- Internet: VERHEYDE@SFU.CA
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