GNU bug report logs - #24661
shred: allow running shred on directories

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Mohammed Sadiq <sadiq <at> sadiqpk.org>

Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 17:28:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

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From: Mohammed Sadiq <sadiq <at> sadiqpk.org>
To: 24661 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24661: [RFE] Allow running shred on directories
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 22:56:49 +0530

This is a request for enhancement.

It might be nice to allow users to run shred on directories which
would recursively shred the directory and its contents. This may be
limited to happen only when `-u' flag is used.

Possible use case:
1. The user have to delete several files, along with nested directories.
    shred command on directory may shred each containing files and
shred them, then rename the directory to 000... (The same way as files
are handled).

I find overwriting with Zeros a nice idea, but I have no lazy way to
do that for directories with any available tools.

Thanks
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