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author | Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> | 2010-03-17 09:31:44 -0600 |
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committer | Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> | 2010-03-18 15:41:59 -0600 |
commit | da2f6378884b16a19ccf7b75b74ddfe1a2f27f71 (patch) | |
tree | e9ab008b28be093a57ede26073835c82b396039f | |
parent | cab29edcf1f4f124d92a61e17623d6613487dbe7 (diff) | |
download | coreutils-da2f6378884b16a19ccf7b75b74ddfe1a2f27f71.tar.xz |
rm: tweak wording about loss of data warning
* src/rm.c (usage): Update wording to make two points more
apparent: undelete is not trivial, and partial recovery should be
a consideration factor in deciding whether rm is secure enough.
Initially suggested by Reuben Thomas.
-rw-r--r-- | src/rm.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ use one of these commands:\n\ program_name, program_name); fputs (_("\ \n\ -Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it is usually possible to recover\n\ -the contents of that file. If you want more assurance that the contents are\n\ -truly unrecoverable, consider using shred.\n\ +Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it might be possible to recover\n\ +some of its contents, given sufficient expertise and/or time. For greater\n\ +assurance that the contents are truly unrecoverable, consider using shred.\n\ "), stdout); emit_ancillary_info (); } |