From f49ad025e685161fa7c8bab12b18ead23919aa73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 08:18:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (shred invocation): Warn about backups.  From Nelson Beebe.

---
 doc/omni-utils.texi | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/omni-utils.texi b/doc/omni-utils.texi
index 7a9f32536..5ce276a3b 100644
--- a/doc/omni-utils.texi
+++ b/doc/omni-utils.texi
@@ -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