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: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Rupert Russell <Rupert.Russell <at> ilmor.co.uk>, 'Pádraig Brady' <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: "17149 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <17149 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#17149: shred - tape data
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 09:31:21 -0700

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Rupert Russell wrote:
> I think this means there isn't a bug.

Well, it is a bug in the sense that Linux lseek doesn't work on tapes 
(which POSIX allows), and that 'shred' doesn't work with this.

Does the attached patch work for you?

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