If a sudo kill -s USR1 (Nwipe's PID) is issued
on the command line while nwipe is operating in
--nogui mode, ETA is now displayed along with
percentage completion, pass and round information.
Note! Because we rely upon cached I/O at the moment
the calculated ETA early in the wipe is very inaccurate
but becomes more accurate as CPU memory cache is filled.
If the system is shutdown while nwipe is still
wiping, the duration calculation would be
incorrect. This patch fixes that problem, so for
instance if a UPS signals the system running nwipe to
shutdown, nwipe typically traps that signal and
exits in an orderly manner. The log summary
is generated showing the wipe was aborted and
the wipe duration shows a valid value i.e the
elapsed time since the start of the wipe.
Add a summary table to the log that shows each drives status
i.e. erased or failed, throughput, duration of wipe, model,
serial no etc. In particular it benefits those that wipe many
drives simultaneously in rack servers. At a glance any failed
drives can be seen without having to browse back through the
log. Especially useful in --nogui mode, but also useful in GUI
mode.
Add a spinner to the GUI for each drive being wiped.
When nwipe is syncing the percentage completion pauses,
having a spinner gives a clear indication that the wipe
is still running. Each devices spinner disappears on completion
of a given devices wipe.
1. Keep nwipe_log notices succinct and below 80 chars in length including
timestamp. This is especially relevant for 80x30 terminal use such
as ALT-F2 etc or Shredos without losing any information.
2. Add [SUCCESS] to blanked & verified messages to make them stand out for quicker checking.
This script will install all the necessary libraries and software to compiling nwipe, download the latest master version of nwipe and run it, all with a single command ./buildnwipe
Add verbose option -v, --verbose
Only display thread cancellation info messages, excluding error
messages, only when verbose option is selected.
This helps to keep the log a bit cleaner especially when wiping many
drives simultaneously.
Add verbose option -v, --verbose
Only display thread cancellation info messages, excluding error
messages, only when verbose option is selected.
This helps to keep the log a bit cleaner especially when wiping many
drives simultaneously.
On completion of a device wipe, the throughput was continuing
to be calculated for a completed wipe which resulted in the
throughput for that particular device to gradually drop over time
to zero if other drives were still
This has now been corrected. Throughput calculation for a given
device is stopped when the particular device has completed its wipe.
During a wipe there is a approximately 1 second delay between
resizing the window and the screen fully updating. This has been
corrected so screen updates and as a consequence key response is
faster. This makes the GUI interface feel smoother and more responsive.
