From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 11:06:58 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (rm invocation): Add the warning (also in the --help output)
X-Git-Tag: FILEUTILS-4_1_9~128
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9897e1994c0d317b95cd06189959bbd163cfb5a5;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

(rm invocation): Add the warning (also in the --help output)
that the contents of a removed file are often recoverable.
---

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 4133b2e7eb..89a0753f79 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -6394,6 +6394,10 @@ or @option{--force} option is not given, or the @option{-i} or
 for whether to remove the file.  If the response does not begin with
 @samp{y} or @samp{Y}, the file is skipped.
 
+@emph{Warning}: If you use @command{rm} to remove a file, it is usually
+possible to recover the contents of that file.  If you want more assurance
+that the contents are truly unrecoverable, consider using @command{shred}.
+
 The program accepts the following options.  Also see @ref{Common options}.
 
 @table @samp