JCL Help:ShredFile

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Summary

Shreds the contents of the file and then deletes it.

Pascal

 procedure ShredFile(const FileName: string; Times: Integer = 1);

Parameters

Parameters	Description
const FileName: string	The fully qualified name of the file to shred.
Times: Integer = 1	Number of file overwrites. Defaults to 1.

Description

The ShredFile functions overwrites the contents of the specified file and then deletes the file. This ensures that even if the underlying filesystem does not physically remove the file, its contents are effectively inaccessible.

About

Unit

JclFileUtils

Donator

Pelle F. S. Liljendal

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