PURGE - overwrite and release a file or files.

Syntax:

purge file1[;file2;...;filen]

Examples:

purge myfile
purge /cat/myfile;fort

Description:

PURGE writes zeroes over the contents of a file, then releases it. This is a security measure so that prying eyes will never be able to determine the previous contents of the file after it is released.

See Also:

expl release, expl erase

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