

v, -verbose Log more messages, useful for debugging. SIGUSR1 canīe used to retrieve the current wiping statistics. Nowait option is automatically invoked with the nogui option. Can only be used with the autonuke option. (default is to allow USB devices to be shown and wiped). nousb Do not show or wipe any USB devices, whether in GUI, -nogui or autonuke nosignals Do not allow signals to interrupt a wipe (default is to allow). nowait Do not wait for a key before exiting (default is to wait). 1000 - fdatasync after 1000 writes -noblank Do not perform the final blanking pass after the wipe (default is toīlank, except when the method is RCMP TSSIT OPS-II). Warning: Lower values will reduce wipe speeds.

To appear to hang 1 - fdatasync after every write c -sync= NUM Will perform a syn after NUM writes (default: 100000) 0 - fdatasync after the disk is completely writtenįdatasync errors not detected until completion.Ġ is not recommended as disk errors may cause nwipe This one minute delay you can abort the shutdown by typing sudo shutdown autopoweroff Power off system on completion of wipe delayed for for one minute. If devices have been specified, starts wiping only 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 allĭevices immediately. Instead of fork - The parted library is used toĭetect drives - The code is designed to beĬompiled with gcc - SIGUSR1 can be used to Same as dwipe, with a few changes: - pthreads is used nwipe was created out of a need to run theĭBAN dwipe command outside of DBAN, in order to allow its use with any hostĭistribution, thus giving better hardware support. nwipe is included with partedmagic if you want a quickĪnd easy bootable CD version. It is a fork of the dwipe command used by Darik'sīoot and Nuke (dban). Nwipe is a command that will securely erase disks using a variety
