Securely delete files...

[Werner Koch]

On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:32, dshaw at jabberwocky.com said:

> However, as you are asking this question of the GnuPG list, I suspect
> you mean to ask about GnuPG.  GnuPG does not have a secure delete
> feature.

Let me add that one reason for not providing a secure deletetion feature
is that gpg is Unix tool and as such it is usually operated in a
pipeline and does not work directly with files.

Most Unix systems these days have secure deletion tools like shred(1) or
wipe(1).  However, I doubt that they are any effective when used with
modern disks.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

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