GNU bug report logs - #28507
shred 8.28 renames files only once

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: pengu1n <pengu1n <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 23:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: pengu1n <pengu1n <at> protonmail.com>
To: "bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org" <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: shred 8.28 renames files only once
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 19:02:21 -0400

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Hello.

[coreutils 8.27]

$ touch test
$ shred -vu test

shred: test: removing
shred: test: renamed to 0000
shred: 0000: renamed to 000
shred: 000: renamed to 00
shred: 00: renamed to 0
shred: test: removed

[coreutils 8.28]

$ touch test
$ shred -vu test

shred: test: removing
shred: test: renamed to 0000
shred: test: removed

Is it a bug or is it an intentional change? Has commit 2ae1460dad89a791ebf770f74217596b6642cead something to do with this?

Thank you.
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