Hello,

I would like to delete a file so that its original name cannot be seen after deleted. I am aware that if I simply delete it its content will remain on disk and the name in the FAT (with the first letter overwritten).

I can handle the content (overwrite the data and then truncate to 0 before deleteing).

I do not know what to do with the file name. I figured that if I rename it before I delete it, I could solve the problem. But when I delete a file, its 2 or more entries in FAT (one for the short and one or more for the long name) are abandoned in the FAT and another 2 entries are allocated.

Please tell me how can I get rid of the name? Do I really have to dig in the FAT? And is this also happening on NTFS?

PLEASE HELP

Best regards,
Levente


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