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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: kalle <kalle <at> projektwerkstatt.de>
Subject: bug#29317: closed (Re: bug#29317: info shred:documentation feedback)
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 00:57:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#29317: info shred:documentation feedback

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 29317 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: kalle <kalle <at> projektwerkstatt.de>, 29317-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29317: info shred:documentation feedback
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 16:56:10 -0800

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On 16/11/17 03:38, kalle wrote:
> hello,
> 
> - at the sentence "by default does not truncate": what does truncating a
> file means? Could this be described better in the manual?
> -part "on a busy system": why is this written here? Is this a usual
> method to overwrite content?

truncate deallocates data.
remove deletes the reference to the data.

I suppose truncate is to deallocate, as unlink is to remove,
so the attached uses 'deallocate' instead of 'truncate'.

cheers,
Pádraig

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From: kalle <kalle <at> projektwerkstatt.de>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: info shred:documentation feedback
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 12:38:09 +0100

hello,

- at the sentence "by default does not truncate": what does truncating a
file means? Could this be described better in the manual?
-part "on a busy system": why is this written here? Is this a usual
method to overwrite content?

thanks,
kalle

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