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bug#28507: shred 8.28 renames files only once


From: Pádraig Brady
Subject: bug#28507: shred 8.28 renames files only once
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:02:59 -0700
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On 18/09/17 16:02, pengu1n wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> [coreutils 8.27]
> 
> $ touch test
> $ shred -vu test
> 
> shred: test: removing
> shred: test: renamed to 0000
> shred: 0000: renamed to 000
> shred: 000: renamed to 00
> shred: 00: renamed to 0
> shred: test: removed
> 
> [coreutils 8.28]
> 
> $ touch test
> $ shred -vu test
> 
> shred: test: removing
> shred: test: renamed to 0000
> shred: test: removed
> 
> Is it a bug or is it an intentional change? Has commit 
> 2ae1460dad89a791ebf770f74217596b6642cead something to do with this?

Drats that's a bug.
The attached should fix it.

Marking this as done.

thanks!
Pádraig

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