General

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Author

• Josh McIntyre

Website

• jmcintyre.net

Overview

• DiskDestroy is a simple data destruction program for storage media

Development

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Git Workflow

• master for releases (merge development)
• development for bugfixes and new features

Building

• make build Build the utility
• make clean Clean the build directory

Features

• Take the low-level disk file (such as /dev/sdb)
• Ask for user confirmation before any data is overwritten
• Zero-fill the entire disk (thus rendering data unrecoverable)
• WARNING: This program will render any data on a drive PERMANENTLY UNRECOVERABLE! Use with care.

Requirements

• Requires a terminal emulator

Platforms

• Linux
• MacOSX

Usage

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CLI Usage

• Run ./diskdestroy <disk path> to destroy data on the specified disk
• Ex: ./diskdestroy /dev/sdb
• The program will ask for user confirmation before any data is overwritten