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Added clarifications about several options to the ntfswipe manual 

Clarified the usage of fast wiping, info and verbose options.
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Jean-Pierre André 2015-04-17 09:26:59 +02:00
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@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ is equivalent to
Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name.
.TP
\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-all\fR
Wipe all unused space. This may take significant time.
Wipe all unused space. This may take significant time. If the option
\-\-unused-fast (or -U) is also present, the faster wiping method is used.
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR BYTE-LIST
Define the allowed replacement bytes which are drawn randomly to overwrite
@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ Use this option with caution.
Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-info\fR
Display details about unused space.
Display details about unused space, without wiping anything.
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-logfile\fR
Overwrite the logfile (update journal).
@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ Overwrite the space which is currently not allocated to any file, trying
not to overwrite the space not written to since the previous wiping.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Display more debug/warning/error messages.
Display more debug/warning/error messages. This option may be used twice
to display even more messages.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Show the version number, copyright and license of