Re: [PATCH] shred: provide --remove methods to avoid excessive syncing

[Bernhard Voelker]

On 11/07/2013 08:44 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> Hopefully the attached addresses this issue.

Hi Pádraig,

> diff --git a/THANKS.in b/THANKS.in
> index 891b376..6588376 100644
> --- a/THANKS.in
> +++ b/THANKS.in
...
> @@ -9559,12 +9559,25 @@ the whole file.  @var{bytes} can be followed by a 
> size specification like
> +requiring a sync for every character in every file. This can become

minor nit: s/\. /.  /
http://xkcd.com/1285/ ;-)

The short option doesn't accept the remove methods:

  $ src/shred -u unlink x
  src/shred: unlink: failed to open for writing: No such file or directory

Was this intentional?

Have a nice day,
Berny