Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 23:51:11 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@korin.warman.org.pl> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NEW FEATURE.. RFC will commit unless.... Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970526234623.29640A-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> In-Reply-To: <199705262026.NAA14117@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Mon, 26 May 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: > > As Adam David wrote: > > > > > Not only unlinking, but on any shrinking truncate. > > > > Appendonly files are already there. > > He wants to purge (pattern wipe using DOD hysterisis effective > pattern) on all block reclamation, not only on block reclamation > as a result of unlink. > > He is not asking for no-unlink to make the files non-shrinkable. That's right. In case I was unclear: sometimes I want to get rid of any traces of the file's contents on the disk. Sometimes I'd like to be able to set this as a default policy. Writing a wrapper around unlink() call is not my idea of elegant solution :-) So, methinks a filesystem flag for this would be good... Sincerely yours, --- Andrzej Bialecki FreeBSD: Turning PCs Into Workstations <abial@warman.org.pl> http://www.freebsd.org Research and Academic Network in Poland
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