purge(F)                        19 June 1992                        purge(F)


 Name

    purge - the policy file of the sanitization utility purge

 Description

    /etc/default/purge is an ASCII file whose lines each designate a file,
    filesystem or device to be a member of a type. The command:

       purge  -t type

    would overwrite all the members of type.

    Blank lines and lines beginning with ``#'' are ignored. Entries are of
    the form:

       file  type  [count]

    This specifies that file is a member of type. The optional field count is
    the number of times to overwrite file when it is purged. The default is
    one.

    The two types system and user are hardwired into the purge(C) utility.
    These types can be overwritten with the -s and -u switches to purge
    respectively.

    This file should be configured on site to reflect files and devices which
    are sensitive and need to be protected from unauthorized access.

    The initial contents of the file are:

       /tmp            system
       /user           user

 File

    /etc/default/purge

 See also

    purge(C), sysadmsh(ADM)

 Value added

    purge is an extension of AT&T System V provided by The Santa Cruz Opera-
    tion, Inc.