GNU bug report logs - #17149
shred - tape data

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Rupert Russell <Rupert.Russell <at> ilmor.co.uk>

Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:45:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Rupert Russell <Rupert.Russell <at> ilmor.co.uk>
To: 'Paul Eggert' <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: "17149 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <17149 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#17149: shred - tape data
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 08:03:03 +0000

Paul,

Interesting challenge you set extracting the last few lines from a 4 gig file, but I've passed that test I think. (Used Less..)


read(3, "\374\204\234\317t\\\216)\224\225d\244\372\3741\265P\203}\177\226\226\273\213V9\205\331v6\331\315"..., 12288) = 12288
write(4, "\374\204\234\317t\\\216)\224\225d\244\372\3741\265P\203}\177\226\226\273\213V9\205\331v6\331\315"..., 12288) = 12288
read(3, "\335\331|\27\26\r*.\270k@>&\365\315*\362'\321b0\2240KQ!\212\2\336\25\276\5"..., 12288) = 12288
write(4, "\335\331|\27\26\r*.\270k@>&\365\315*\362'\321b0\2240KQ!\212\2\336\25\276\5"..., 12288) = 12288
read(3, "\321`\346>\360\276R\250{\1\371\37\2553\341\357\21\247\24=~*g\270\235\204\301-\256zQ\261"..., 12288) = 12288
write(4, "\321`\346>\360\276R\250{\1\371\37\2553\341\357\21\247\24=~*g\270\235\204\301-\256zQ\261"..., 12288) = 12288
read(3, "\316\177\377\254\347\231\226\233_v;$\211\330~Y\345\230\27\17\231\352A\177'\351\31\326\3135\220\372"..., 12288) = 12288
write(4, "\316\177\377\254\347\231\226\233_v;$\211\330~Y\345\230\27\17\231\352A\177'\351\31\326\3135\220\372"..., 12288) = -1 ENOSPC (No space left on device)
write(2, "shred: ", 7)                  = 7
write(2, "/dev/st0: pass 1/3 (random)...19"..., 48) = 48
write(2, "\n", 1)                       = 1
fdatasync(4)                            = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
fsync(4)                                = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
sync()                                  = 0
fdatasync(4)                            = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
fsync(4)                                = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
sync()                                  = 0
lseek(4, 0, SEEK_SET)                   = 0
write(2, "shred: ", 7)                  = 7
write(2, "/dev/st0: pass 2/3 (random)...", 30) = 30
write(2, "\n", 1)                       = 1
read(3, ";\214\272\247\374S\261\312]=\306\r\215\355F\24\32\204!l9KD\337\227\273=\376s\361^\272"..., 12288) = 12288
write(4, ";\214\272\247\374S\261\312]=\306\r\215\355F\24\32\204!l9KD\337\227\273=\376s\361^\272"..., 12288) = 12288
read(3, "d\30\203*\363\230\356I\210\363\304\227\235\327\257\302\307RYg\363\343\230\300\354\315i\f\220\241oF"..., 12288) = 12288
write(4, "d\30\203*\363\230\356I\210\363\304\227\235\327\257\302\307RYg\363\343\230\300\354\315i\f\220\241oF"..., 12288) = -1 ENOSPC (No space left on device)
write(2, "shred: ", 7)                  = 7
write(2, "/dev/st0: error writing at offse"..., 39) = 39
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-bundle/en_GB.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_GB.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_GB.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-bundle/en_GB.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = 5
fstat(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1474, ...}) = 0
mmap(NULL, 1474, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 5, 0) = 0x7f3e20dc8000
close(5)                                = 0
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-bundle/en.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-bundle/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-bundle/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
write(2, ": No space left on device", 25) = 25
write(2, "\n", 1)                       = 1
close(4)                                = 0
close(3)                                = 0
close(1)                                = 0
close(2)                                = 0
exit_group(1)                           = ?


Hopefully it'll make some sense.

Regards


Rupert Russell
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Eggert [mailto:eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu] 
Sent: 01 April 2014 14:51
To: Rupert Russell
Cc: 17149 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17149: shred - tape data

Rupert Russell wrote:
> shred -o tracefile -v /dev/st0

Ouch, sorry, I meant "strace -o tracefile shred -v /dev/st0".

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