encrypting

[Henry Spencer]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Mel Seder wrote:
> also,  is there a way to erase a text file so that it useless to anyone
> trying to take a peek at it after it has been deleted?

See the shred(1) manual page.  (Present on Red Hat 7.2, can't answer for
other distributions.)

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org

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