I need to shred and delete a file after a certain time. Therefore I use
It works well, but typing
in that very directory
I still see the so called backup-copy lets say file.txt~
When running bleachbit it will disappear thoroughly. So how can I include in my two commands to erase even the backup-copy?
It is a non-interactive script, using debian wheezy. Any hints? Thanks in advance, still using twice that chain of the commands, but there should be a better solution, maybe.
Look at the man page for shred on your system. If a backup file is being created by the filesystem you're using, shred will waste time creating a copy of your file and shredding it; but the backup copy will not have been shredded when you delete the shredded copy and the backup copy.
You might as well just rm /path/to/file.txt even though it won't have been shredded. If you were using a filesystem that didn't make a backup copy, it would be better to just use:
which would shred, zero, and then delete the file in one step.
The -r option to rm is meaningless unless at least one of the pathnames you give it as an operand is a directory.
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