KShred Class Reference
Erase a file in a way that makes recovery impossible -- well, no guarentee of that, but at least as difficult as reasonably possible. More...
#include <kshred.h>
Inheritance diagram for KShred:

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void | processedSize (KIO::filesize_t bytes) |
void | infoMessage (const QString &message) |
Public Member Functions | |
KShred (QString fileName) | |
bool | fill1s () |
bool | fill0s () |
bool | fillbyte (unsigned int byte) |
bool | fillrandom () |
bool | fillpattern (unsigned char *pattern, unsigned int size) |
bool | shred () |
Static Public Member Functions | |
bool | shred (QString fileName) |
Detailed Description
Erase a file in a way that makes recovery impossible -- well, no guarentee of that, but at least as difficult as reasonably possible.For this, KShred write several times over the existing file, using different patterns, before deleting it.
- Author:
- Andreas F. Pour <bugs@mieterra.com>
David Faure <faure@kde.org> (integration into KDE and progress signal)
Definition at line 45 of file kshred.h.
Constructor & Destructor Documentation
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Initialize the class using the name of the file to 'shred'.
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Member Function Documentation
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Writes all 1's over the entire file and flushes the file buffers.
References fillbyte(). |
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Writes all 0's over the entire file and flushes the file buffers.
References fillbyte(). |
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Writes the specified byte over the entire file and flushes the file buffers.
References flush(). |
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Writes random bites over the entire file and flushes the file buffers.
References flush(). Referenced by shred(). |
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Writes the specified byte array over the entire file and flushes the file buffers.
References flush(). Referenced by shred(). |
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Shreds a file by writing a series of values over it (uses fill0s, then fill1s, then fillrandom, then fillbyte with 0101..., then fillbyte with 1010....
References fillbyte(), fillpattern(), fillrandom(), infoMessage(), and processedSize(). Referenced by shred(). |
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The simplest method to shred a file. No need to create an instance of the class.
References shred(). |
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Shows progress of the shredding.
Referenced by shred(). |
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Shows a message in the progress dialog.
Referenced by shred(). |
The documentation for this class was generated from the following files: