linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] WIP: fs: ext4: support unlinkat

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Date:	Tue, 03 Feb 2015 16:24:06 +0100
From:	Alexander Holler <holler@...oftware.de>
To:	Lukáš Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] WIP: fs: ext4: support unlinkat_s() for secure deletion
 of files

Am 03.02.2015 um 16:13 schrieb Alexander Holler:
> Am 03.02.2015 um 15:50 schrieb Alexander Holler:
>
>> Maybe I should request removal of shred from Fedora/RH instead.
>> According to you it's one of the most misleading and useless tools. So
>> why still confuse people with it and still ship it?
>
> At least it should be documented that it doesn't delete the files in
> question from backups, like you should never try to dry your cat in a
> microwave.

Which, by the way, should be documented in the manpages for rm, unlink() 
and unlinkat() too. Someone might otherwise assume that e.g. a rm might 
delete files in a snapshot too,

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