K-TOOLS UTILITIES


               Copyright (c) 1994 by Rob McDonell, ARK ANGLES
                             All Rights Reserved


                            WIPE - Wipe File 1.1


This utility erases one or more files and completely wipes over the
data on the disk so that the files cannot be recovered.  Even if the files
are undeleted or otherwise reconstructed, all the information in them will
have been overwritten.  Apart from preventing any form of data recovery,
this program works just like the ERASE or DEL commands.


USEAGE:

  WIPE [dirname]filenames [options]

where:  dirname      is a partial or fully qualified directory name

        filenames    is the file to be wiped, wildcards are accepted to
                     specify multiple files

        options      is any of the following:

          /p         pause to ask before wiping any files (default)
          /y         yes, go ahead and wipe without asking
        

EXAMPLES:

  WIPE MYFILE.TXT                will overwrite and erase MYFILE.TXT from the
                                 current directory

  WIPE *.TXT                     will overwrite and erase all .TXT files from
                                 the current directory

  WIPE \DIR1                     will overwrite and erase all files in the
                                 \DIR1 directory on the current drive

  WIPE MYFILE.TXT /Y             will overwrite and erase MYFILE.TXT without
                                 asking for confirmation

Use this command with caution, as there is no way to get back any data from
files that have been WIPEd.  The program will always ask for confirmation
before wiping any files to make sure no mistake has been made.

Run WIPE with no parameters or "?" or "/?" to display simple help and
registration information.


REGISTRATION:

This program is part of the K-TOOLS UTILITIES shareware package.  To keep
using it after the 60 day trial period you must register, which costs only
A$10 per utility or A$29, US$22, �15, Dm40, �2400 for the whole collection.

Author:     Rob McDonell
            ARK ANGLES
            P O Box 190 (61 Oaklands Rd)
            Hazelbrook  NSW  2779
            AUSTRALIA
Phone:      Intl+61-47-588100
Fax:        Intl+61-47-588638
Compuserve: 100237,141
Internet:   100237.141@compuserve.com