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This fix allows nwipe to log an error, specifically the exit code of dmidecode if the exit code is not 0. For instance if dmidecode is not installed on a system, then dmidecode reports the following [2019/11/04 22:12:50] nwipe: info: nwipe_log_sysinfo: dmidecode failed, "dmidecode -s bios-version" exit status = 127 nwipe does not abort on this error but does log the error and continue.
nwipe is a command that will securely erase disks using a variety of recognised methods. It is a fork of the dwipe command used by Darik's Boot and Nuke (dban). nwipe is included with partedmagic if you want a quick and easy bootable CD version. nwipe was created out of a need to run the DBAN dwipe command outside of DBAN, in order to allow its use with any host distribution, thus giving better hardware support.
To use from the git repository, first create all the autoconf files with
./init.sh
Then do the standard ./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install
For developers & release notes please see the README file