Re: interrupting `shred -u's renaming: what should it do?

[Paul Jarc]

address@hidden (Bob Proulx) wrote:
> Since shred was interrupted, was unable to shred the file, I think it
> should return the file to the previous name.

I was going to suggest that as well, but what if a new file has
appeared with the original name?  shred could use link+unlink instead
of rename to avoid clobbering the new file, but then what to do if
link fails because a new file is there?  It may be more trouble than
it's worth.


paul