safe encrypting process?

[colet at code-energy.com (Cole Tuininga)]

On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 19:36, Steve wrote:
> > shred -u foo.txt* (shred the old plaintext file and any backup copies
> of it)
> > shred -u foo.txt* (to get rid of plaintext file and any backup copies)

Do note that if the file is stored on a journalling file system (such as
ext3, jfs, reiserfs, etc) the shred command is a complete waste of time.

-- 
"... one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that,
 lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of
 their C programs."  --  Robert Firth

Cole Tuininga
Lead Developer
Code Energy, Inc
colet at code-energy.com
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