From owner-freebsd-current Mon May 26 00:15:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA03280 for current-outgoing; Mon, 26 May 1997 00:15:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from korin.warman.org.pl (korin.warman.org.pl [148.81.160.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA03263; Mon, 26 May 1997 00:15:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (abial@localhost) by korin.warman.org.pl (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA25772; Mon, 26 May 1997 09:15:02 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 09:15:01 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andrzej Bialecki To: Julian Elischer cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NEW FEATURE.. RFC will commit unless.... In-Reply-To: <199705260138.SAA25070@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 25 May 1997, Julian Elischer wrote: > > I would like feedback on a new feature I want to add to the > filesystem code. > > In addition to the immutible and append flags, we at whistle are > using a flag NOUNLINK What would you think about yet another flag: purge (like in Netware)? This flag would cause the contents of the file to be overwritten with garbage on unlinking. I'd be glad to use this option on some machines with raised security level. Sincerely yours, --- Andrzej Bialecki FreeBSD: Turning PCs Into Workstations http://www.freebsd.org Research and Academic Network in Poland