From: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:31:44 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: rm: tweak wording about loss of data warning
X-Git-Tag: v8.5~48
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=da2f6378884b16a19ccf7b75b74ddfe1a2f27f71;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

rm: tweak wording about loss of data warning

* src/rm.c (usage): Update wording to make two points more
apparent: undelete is not trivial, and partial recovery should be
a consideration factor in deciding whether rm is secure enough.
Initially suggested by Reuben Thomas.
---

diff --git a/src/rm.c b/src/rm.c
index d9a1f8bf6a..42f0a57953 100644
--- a/src/rm.c
+++ b/src/rm.c
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ use one of these commands:\n\
               program_name, program_name);
       fputs (_("\
 \n\
-Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it is usually possible to recover\n\
-the contents of that file.  If you want more assurance that the contents are\n\
-truly unrecoverable, consider using shred.\n\
+Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it might be possible to recover\n\
+some of its contents, given sufficient expertise and/or time.  For greater\n\
+assurance that the contents are truly unrecoverable, consider using shred.\n\
 "), stdout);
       emit_ancillary_info ();
     }