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- /* gitwipe.c -- An utility that deletes the contents of a file in order to
- make it impossible for someone to recover it. */
-
- /* Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
- any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
-
- /* Written by Tudor Hulubei and Andrei Pitis. */
-
-
- #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
- #include <config.h>
- #endif
-
- #include <stdio.h>
-
- #ifdef HAVE_STDLIB_H
- #include <stdlib.h>
- #else /* !HAVE_STDLIB_H */
- #include "ansi_stdlib.h"
- #endif /* !HAVE_STDLIB_H */
-
- #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
- #include <unistd.h>
- #endif /* HAVE_UNISTD_H */
-
- #include "xtime.h"
-
- #include <sys/types.h>
- #include "file.h"
- #include <fcntl.h>
- #include <limits.h>
-
-
- #define WIPE_BUFFER_SIZE 64*1024
- #undef min
- #define min(a, b) ((a) <= (b) ? (a) : (b))
-
-
- char *program;
-
-
- int
- usage()
- {
- fprintf(stderr, "%s file1 [file2 [...]]\n", program);
- exit(1);
- }
-
-
- int
- file_length(handle)
- int handle;
- {
- int tmp, length;
-
- tmp = lseek(handle, 0, SEEK_CUR);
- length = lseek(handle, 0, SEEK_END);
- lseek(handle, tmp, SEEK_SET);
- return length;
- }
-
-
- int
- wipe(file)
- char *file;
- {
- int handle, i, j;
- unsigned char *buf;
- size_t len, bytes_to_write;
-
- handle = open(file, O_RDWR);
-
- if (handle == -1)
- {
- fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't open file '%s'.\n", program, file);
- return 1;
- }
-
- len = file_length(handle);
-
- if (len == 0)
- return 0;
-
- buf = (unsigned char *)malloc(WIPE_BUFFER_SIZE);
-
- if (buf == NULL)
- {
- fprintf(stderr, "%s: virtual memory exhausted.\n", program);
- return 1;
- }
-
- for (i = 0; i < len; i += WIPE_BUFFER_SIZE)
- {
- bytes_to_write = min(len - i, WIPE_BUFFER_SIZE);
-
- for (j = 0; j < bytes_to_write; j++)
- buf[j] = rand() % 0xFF;
-
- if (write(handle, buf, bytes_to_write) != bytes_to_write)
- {
- fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't write to file %s.\n", program, file);
- return 1;
- }
- }
-
- close(handle);
- sync();
-
- /* Don't delete the file! The file system might notice that the blocks
- in this file are no longer used and never write them back to disk.
- And there is more: sync() may return before the actual writing is
- done. See the Linux sync(2) & sync(8) manual pages for more detail.
- If you want to be sure, REBOOT NOW ! :-)))))))))))))) */
-
- return 0;
- }
-
-
- /*
- * argv[1...] = files
- * return value = no of errors (unprocessed files)
- */
-
- int
- main(argc, argv)
- int argc;
- char *argv[];
- {
- int i, errors = 0;
-
- program = argv[0];
-
- if (argc < 2)
- usage();
-
- srand(time(NULL));
-
- for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
- errors += wipe(argv[i]);
-
- return errors;
- }
-