(shred invocation): Warn about backups. From Nelson Beebe.

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Jim Meyering
2001-05-11 08:18:18 +00:00
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@@ -6125,6 +6125,12 @@ not truncate or remove the output file. This default is more suitable
for devices, which typically cannot be truncated and should not be
removed.
Don't forget about the risk of backups.
In large multiuser environments, there may be long-term file system
backups that retain copies of files that are later shredded. While
it may be impossible to recover a shredded file from disk, it may be
relatively trivial to do so from backup media.
@example
shred [@var{option}]@dots{} @var{file}[@dots{}]
@end example