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linebacker · Mar 16th, 2005, 1:53 AM

hi all
can someone help me with a question regarding deleting files. if i open a file say using fopen("myfile","w"); this will delete the contents of the file but can the contents be retrived. there is an application called evidence eliminator which when deleteing files writes over the file several times to stop the contents from being retrived. is there really a need for this. i though when you open a file for writing the contents fo the file is destroyed and cannot be retrivied.
thanks

Mar 16th, 2005, 1:53 AM	#1
linebacker Newbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	deleting files like evidence eliminator hi all can someone help me with a question regarding deleting files. if i open a file say using fopen("myfile","w"); this will delete the contents of the file but can the contents be retrived. there is an application called evidence eliminator which when deleteing files writes over the file several times to stop the contents from being retrived. is there really a need for this. i though when you open a file for writing the contents fo the file is destroyed and cannot be retrivied. thanks