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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="gsignond-Utility-functions.top_of_page"></a>Utility functions</span></h2>
<p>Utility functions — miscellaneous utility functions</p>
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#include &lt;gsignond/gsignond-utils.h&gt;

<a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *             <a class="link" href="gsignond-Utility-functions.html#gsignond-generate-nonce" title="gsignond_generate_nonce ()">gsignond_generate_nonce</a>             ();
<a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            <a class="link" href="gsignond-Utility-functions.html#gsignond-wipe-directory" title="gsignond_wipe_directory ()">gsignond_wipe_directory</a>             (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *dirname</code></em>);
<a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            <a class="link" href="gsignond-Utility-functions.html#gsignond-wipe-file" title="gsignond_wipe_file ()">gsignond_wipe_file</a>                  (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *filename</code></em>);
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Miscellaneous utility functions are described below.
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<a name="gsignond-generate-nonce"></a><h3>gsignond_generate_nonce ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="returnvalue">gchar</span></a> *             gsignond_generate_nonce             ();</pre>
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This function generates a random secure nonce using SHA1 HMAC.
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td>the nonce in lowercase hexadecimal format, 40 bytes long. <span class="annotation">[<acronym title="Free data after the code is done."><span class="acronym">transfer full</span></acronym>]</span>
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<a name="gsignond-wipe-directory"></a><h3>gsignond_wipe_directory ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            gsignond_wipe_directory             (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *dirname</code></em>);</pre>
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This function securely wipes the contents of the directory by calling
<a class="link" href="gsignond-Utility-functions.html#gsignond-wipe-file" title="gsignond_wipe_file ()"><code class="function">gsignond_wipe_file()</code></a> on each file. It also removes links and empty directories but 
does not recursively wipe them.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>dirname</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>directory to wipe</td>
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<td>TRUE if wiping and removal was successful.</td>
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<pre class="programlisting"><a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gboolean"><span class="returnvalue">gboolean</span></a>            gsignond_wipe_file                  (<em class="parameter"><code>const <a href="http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Basic-Types.html#gchar"><span class="type">gchar</span></a> *filename</code></em>);</pre>
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This function securely wipes the contents of the file, by overwriting it with
0's, then 1's, then random data. The file is then removed.
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>filename</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>filename to wipe</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td>TRUE if wiping and removal was successful.</td>
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