overwrite-with-random-bytes ( file-name -- )

Vocabulary

wipe

Inputs

file-name

a filename string

Outputs

None

Word description

Overwrite the file-name contents with random data. The slack space at the end is not overwritten.

Definition

USING: accessors io io.encodings.binary io.files io.files.info
io.streams.random kernel namespaces ;

IN: wipe

: overwrite-with-random-bytes ( file-name -- )
    [ remove-read-only ] [ file-info size>> ] [ ] tri binary [
        <limited-random-stream> 0 seek-absolute output-stream
        get [ stream-seek ] keep stream-copy
    ] with-file-appender ;