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CodeFactor Codacy Badge Language grade: C/C++ License: Unlicense

A minimal tool that shreds files using the Gutmann method

Installation

You need just a C compiler with the default libraries, and make

# Compiles to `corrupt`
make
# Optional, copy the binary to /usr/local/bin
sudo make install

Example

# Corrupts a file
corrupt file
# Corrupts multiple files
corrupt file2 file3
# Files still exist, but its contents were overwritten multiple times 
cat file file2 file3