encrypting

[Taavi Burns]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 08:54:14PM -0800, Mel Seder wrote:
>    b) erase original text file
<snip>
> 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?

If it's going to disappear all that fast, then why even put it on 
the HD?  /dev/shm on my machine works like a ramdisk.  Delete it from
there, and it's pretty herd to recover.

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