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NAME

       nwipe - securely erase disks

SYNOPSIS

       nwipe [options] [device1] [device2] ...

DESCRIPTION

       nwipe is a command that will securely erase disks using a variety of recognised methods.  It is a fork of
       the dwipe command used by Darik's Boot and Nuke (dban).  nwipe is included with  partedmagic  if  want  a
       quick  and  easy  bootable  CD  version.   nwipe  was created out of a need to run the DBAN dwipe command
       outside of DBAN, in order to allow its use with  any  host  distribution,  thus  giving  better  hardware
       support.  It is essentially the same as dwipe, with a few changes:

       - pthreads is used instead of fork

       - The parted library is used to detect drives

       - The code is designed to be compiled with gcc

       - SIGUSR1 can be used to log the stats of the current wipe

OPTIONS

       -V, --version
              Prints the version number

       -h, --help
              Prints a help summary

       --autonuke
              If  no  devices have been specified on the command line, starts wiping all devices immediately. If
              devices have been specified, starts wiping only those specified devices immediately.

       --sync Open devices in sync mode

       --nowait
              Do not wait for a key before exiting (default is to wait).

       --nogui
              Do not show the GUI interface. Can only be used  with  the  autonuke  option.   Nowait  option  is
              automatically  invoked  with the nogui option.  SIGUSR1 can be used to retrieve the current wiping
              statistics.

       --verify=TYPE
              Whether to perform verification of erasure (default: last) off   - Do not verify  last   -  Verify
              after the last pass all   - Verify every pass

       -m, --method=METHOD
              The wiping method (default: dodshort).

              dod522022m / dod       - 7 pass DOD 5220.22-M method

              dodshort / dod3pass    - 3 pass DOD method

              gutmann                - Peter Gutmann's Algorithm

              ops2                   - RCMP TSSIT OPS-II

              random / prng / stream - PRNG Stream

              zero / quick           - Overwrite with zeros

       -l, --logfile=FILE
              Filename to log to. Default is STDOUT

       -p, --prng=METHOD
              PRNG option (mersenne|twister|isaac)

       -r, --rounds=NUM
              Number of times to wipe the device using the selected method (default: 1)

BUGS

       Please see the sourceforge site for the latest list (http://nwipe.sourceforge.net)

AUTHOR

       Nwipe  was  released  by Andy Beverley <andy@andybev.com> as modified version of dwipe from DBAN by Darik
       Horn <dajhorn-dban@vanadac.com>.

SEE ALSO

       shred(1), dwipe(1), dd(1), dcfldd(1), dc3dd(1)