Re: Suggestion for rm(1)

[Eric Blake]

On 03/10/2010 04:59 PM, Reuben Thomas wrote:
> Here's another attempt:
> 
> Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it is usually possible to
> recover the  contents of that file, given sufficient expertise and/or
> time.

Given newer file systems, I'd rather see something like:

Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it might be possible to
recover the contents of that file, given sufficient expertise and/or
time.  If you want more assurance that the contents are truly
unrecoverable, consider using shred.

That is, we want to point out that shred is better than rm at killing
data, while at the same time reducing the newbie impression that
recovery is easy, since it usually is not.

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