Wipe
		====
Wipe is a more secure delete-replacement.
Read Section "what is it for" for more detailed information.

	License/Disclaimer
	------------------

The program and files in this distribution are freely distributable, but are
also copyright (c) Dirk Pauli. They may be freely distributed as long as no
more than a nominal fee is charged to cover time and copying costs. No 
commercial usage is permitted without written permission from the author. 
Everything in this distribution must be kept together, in original unmodified
form. 

Although wipe has been thoroughly tested, no guarantee is given nor implied 
that this program  is  fit for any use. The program and the information within
this text is provided on an "as is" basis. In no event will I be liable for 
any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages resulting from the
use of this program or the information presented within this text.

The above is generally known as FREEWARE.

	System Requirements
	-------------------

- ANY 680x0 processor
- OS 2.04 (V37) or later
- no special memory requirements

	What is it for
	--------------

Everybody using an computer knows the situation that a file was deleted which
should not. And everyone is happy having such smart tools like disksalve for 
recovering the lost data. But sometimes you probably would like to kill a file
forever so that it cannot be recovered.
At that point, wipe jumps in. Wipe tries to "emulate" the DOS delete-command but 
overwrites every file with a pseudorandom-number sequence before deleting it.
So you may restore a file with the same name and size as the original, but the 
contents of the recovered file is only garbage.
One backdraw of wipe in comparison to delete is, that it is slow. (Remember, I 
have to overwrite all the data and not just kill the index from the directory-
tree). So use it only on data you really want to wipe out forever.

	How to reach the author
	-----------------------

For any comments, bug reports, ideas for enhancing etc. write to:

email: dpauli@aix520.informatik.uni-leipzig.de

check out also my small homepage for other Amiga-programs:

http://www.informatik/uni-leipzig.de/privat/dpauli/public_html/home.html

 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO     CRC       STAMP          NAME
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[generic]                 2361    4072  58.0% -lh5- d5c8 Mar  2  1997 wipe000
[generic]                 2129    3744  56.9% -lh5- 8e27 Mar  2  1997 wipe020
[generic]                 1149    2211  52.0% -lh5- a7d2 Mar  2  1997 wipe.doc
[generic]                  335     858  39.0% -lh5- b414 Jan 25  1997 wipe.doc.info
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 Total         4 files    5974   10885  54.9%            Mar  3  1997