Re: securety related question...

[08.10.2002] Richard Lightman <-- :
> I do not follow this bit. You cannot assume a file has gone just
> because you deleted it. Try this:
> 
> cd /var/tmp
> seq 1000 >a
> cat a | while read i; do echo $i; sleep 1; done
> # on another terminal:
> cd /var/tmp
> rm a
> ls

Your `ls` shows no file present here, so the file has really gone.
But `rm` is only one way to delete a file, there are more powerful
commands for destruction if I really want to.
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Erika ...---...: pacholleck at nexgo dot de
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