tags 18395 notabug
close 18395
stop
(triaging old bugs)
Hello,
On 03/09/14 07:32 AM, macetw wrote:
I expect the shred utility to notice that it's about to operate on a mounted
device, but it gave no such indication.
It seems your email "fell between the cracks" and not replied to in many
years. Sorry about that.
Regarding your suggestion:
Every file and every directory are essentially on a mounted device
(e.g. "/" is mounted from some physical drive, and so are all its
sub-directories).
As a side-note, please be aware the shred's effectiveness is
questionable with today's filesystems and hardware (see the warning
in the manual page).
As such, I'm closing this as "not a bug".
Discussion can continue by replying to this thread.
-assaf
