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1991-10-31
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'----------------------------------------------------------
' PROGRAM: FILEWIPE.BAS PROGRAMMER: A. KELLETT
' DATE-WRITTEN: 05/23/91
' USING POWER BASIC V2.10A
'
' THIS PROGRAM WIPES A FILE BY OVERWRITING ALL CHARACTERS.
'
' VERSION: 0.50 LAST UPDATED: 00/00/00
'----------------------------------------------------------
WIPE.BYTE$ = CHR$(85) '**** PATTERN IS 01010101 ****
CLS
locate 1,25:print "FILEWIPE -- A. KELLETT"
LOCATE 2,15:PRINT "THIS PROGRAM WIPES A SPECIFIED FILE ON DISK"
LOCATE 3,15:PRINT "AND YOU MAY DELETE THE FILE IF NEEDED."
LOCATE 5,15:INPUT "NAME OF INPUT FILE: ";FILENAME1$
'*** CHECK VALIDITY OF INPUT FILE NAME ***
OPEN FILENAME1$ FOR BINARY AS #1
IF LOF(1) < 1 THEN
PRINT "THE INPUT FILE DOES NOT EXISTS."
CLOSE #1
KILL FILENAME1$
DELAY 2.5
LOCATE 22,1
END
END IF
FILE1EOF& = LOF(1)
CLOSE #1
LOCATE 10,10:PRINT "NOW OVERWRITING FILE ";FILENAME1$
LOCATE 12,10:PRINT USING "BYTES IN FILE ###,###";FILE1EOF&
LOCATE 13,10:PRINT "WORKING ON "
OPEN FILENAME1$ FOR BINARY AS #1
FOR RECPOSITION& = 0 TO (FILE1EOF& - 1)
SEEK 1, RECPOSITION&
PUT$ 1, WIPE.BYTE$
LOCATE 13,20:PRINT USING "###,###";RECPOSITION& + 1
NEXT RECPOSITION&
LOCATE 15,10:INPUT "DELETE THE FILE? [Y/N] ";ANSWER$
IF UCASE$(ANSWER$) = "Y" THEN
KILL FILENAME1$
LOCATE 16,10:PRINT "FILE DELETED."
ELSE
LOCATE 16,10:PRINT "FILE OVERWRITTEN BUT NOT DELETED."
END IF
END