Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 00:07:18 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Greg Black <gjb-freebsd@gba.oz.au> Cc: cjclark@home.com, FreeBSD Security <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Secure Deletion Message-ID: <3775BF96.7C5E11BD@softweyr.com> References: <199906250212.WAA07810@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> <3773F67A.CC9B6215@softweyr.com> <19990626213426.7899.qmail@alice.gba.oz.au>
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Greg Black wrote:
>
> Given that there is a bunch of error conditions that are checked
> for and which may cause the program to abort, surely making it
> report success on exit, regardless of what actually happened, is
> a Bad Thing?
>
> It would be trivial to make obliterate() return an int (e.g., 1
> for an error and 0 for success). This would then give us a
> main() like this (with a refinement to process the arguments in
> the order given rather than backwards, because I don't like to
> surprise people):
Yes, that would be a good thing to do. Whaddya expect for a program
written while editing a mail message? ;^)
You should've actually fixed the program and added yourself into
the comments somewhere. Maybe I'll do it tomorrow. Thanks for
the tips!
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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