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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2001-11-23 15:41:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2001-11-23 15:41:16 +0000 |
| commit | a5f1ced62a3a3288f72d4f494e61122e7d407498 (patch) | |
| tree | 86aa6bbd3b956c22f07bc460d1929dedb4a5daa1 /src/shred.c | |
| parent | 2e55f173989ab21bb87fd3c2c6bd12305469e179 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-a5f1ced62a3a3288f72d4f494e61122e7d407498.tar.xz | |
(usage): Split --help output into smaller pieces.
Use fputs, not printf.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/shred.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/shred.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/shred.c b/src/shred.c index e65b1da2f..9bec7dd13 100644 --- a/src/shred.c +++ b/src/shred.c @@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ for even very expensive hardware probing to recover the data.\n\ -f, --force change permissions to allow writing if necessary\n\ -n, --iterations=N Overwrite N times instead of the default (%d)\n\ -s, --size=N shred this many bytes (suffixes like k, M, G accepted)\n\ +"), DEFAULT_PASSES); + fputs (_("\ -u, --remove truncate and remove file after overwriting\n\ -v, --verbose show progress\n\ -x, --exact do not round file sizes up to the next full block\n\ @@ -479,17 +481,23 @@ for even very expensive hardware probing to recover the data.\n\ --help display this help and exit\n\ --version print version information and exit\n\ \n\ +"), stdout); + fputs (_("\ Delete FILE(s) if --remove (-u) is specified. The default is not to remove\n\ the files because it is common to operate on device files like /dev/hda,\n\ and those files usually should not be removed. When operating on regular\n\ files, most people use the --remove option.\n\ \n\ +"), stdout); + fputs (_("\ CAUTION: Note that shred relies on a very important assumption:\n\ that the filesystem overwrites data in place. This is the traditional\n\ way to do things, but many modern filesystem designs do not satisfy this\n\ assumption. The following are examples of filesystems on which shred is\n\ not effective:\n\ \n\ +"), stdout); + fputs (_("\ * log-structured or journaled filesystems, such as those supplied with\n\ AIX and Solaris (and JFS, ReiserFS, XFS, etc.)\n\ \n\ @@ -498,6 +506,8 @@ not effective:\n\ \n\ * filesystems that make snapshots, such as Network Appliance's NFS server\n\ \n\ +"), stdout); + fputs (_("\ * filesystems that cache in temporary locations, such as NFS\n\ version 3 clients\n\ \n\ @@ -506,7 +516,7 @@ not effective:\n\ In addition, file system backups and remote mirrors may contain copies\n\ of the file that cannot be removed, and that will allow a shredded file\n\ to be recovered later.\n\ -"), DEFAULT_PASSES); +"), stdout); puts (_("\nReport bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.")); } exit (status); |