Markus Kuhn wrote on 11-02-08 19:58:
Feature suggestion:Given that "shred -u" and "rm" fulfill very similar functions (make a file "go away"), it would make sense if their user interface were very similar. In particular, it would be nice if $ shred -u -f abc shred: abc: failed to open for writing: No such file or directory would not output an error message if no file "abc" exists, just like "rm -f abc" does not complain about nonexistent files. Then one could use "shred -u -f" simply as a drop-in replacement for "rm -f", e.g. change in a Makefile clean: rm -f *~ to clean: shred -u -f *~ Alternatively, it would be nice if the "rm" command had a shred-like option to overwrite a file before unlinking it.
I disagree -- that would not be nice. Some people what rm to just mv a file, others want it to shred a file as well. Personally, I would have liked rm to run md5sum on the file before deciding whether or not to delete it -- just for the fun of it. But guess what.......... you guessed it. bjd _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
