Hi folks! Of relevance her would be what OS you are on as well.
Windows Solaris Linux Mac Other? Why? Because different OS's treat this differently. Anyone here ever tried to get back a deleted file on a Unix box? Not a very fun prospect. If you are doing this on some *nix box, do not worry too much, since trying to get back a file that's been deleted on such an OS is _extremely_ difficult to get back in any case. Since I take it you are considering the issues if someone is "undeleting" the file just after you have deleted it, right? This is not really related to Perl, I know, but I thought it would be of general interest to the public anyhow. PS. Yes, it _may_ be possible to "recover" a deleted file on *nix boxes as well, but it usually means poking around directly in the fs. It's not pretty, and the chances to get crap back is _very_ big. Even on a journalled fs. Now, back to reality, pls! ;) Best Regards Anders Holm Critical Path Technical Support Engineer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tel USA/Canada: 1 800 353 8437 Tel Worldwide: +1 801 736 0806 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://support.cp.net -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sudarsan Raghavan Sent: 28 May 2002 12:45 To: Langa F. Kentane Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Shredding a file "Langa F. Kentane" wrote: > Greetings, > How would I go about shredding a file with perl, for instance, I have a > script opening a time file, writing something in there and then deleting > the > temp file when execution is done. How would I go about securely deleting > the > temp file afterwards so that prying eyes can't read it afterwards? I am not sure I understand the question correctly, do you want to delete the file only when the execution finishes. If so add this to your code END { unlink ($your_temp_file) or "Error statement : $!\n"; } This block will only be executed when the code execution finishes. > > > Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards > > LK > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
