Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!]

[David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>]

On 2/10/24 04:40, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 11:38:21AM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > But shred(1) on Debian 11 refuses on "-" contrary to its documentation:
> >    shred: -: invalid file type
> > A non-existing file path causes "No such file or directory".
>
> Hmm. This looks like a genuine bug: the man page mentions it.
>
> Also, /dev/stdout as target runs into the very same problem.
>
> Cheers


Testing:

2024-02-10 16:01:54 dpchrist@laalaa ~
$ cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a
11.8
Linux laalaa 5.10.0-27-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.205-2 (2023-12-31) 
x86_64 GNU/Linux

2024-02-10 16:02:34 dpchrist@laalaa ~
$ bash --version | head -n 1
GNU bash, version 5.1.4(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)

2024-02-10 16:02:48 dpchrist@laalaa ~
$ shred --version | head -n 1
shred (GNU coreutils) 8.32

2024-02-10 16:03:42 dpchrist@laalaa ~
$ man shred | grep 'If FILE is -'
       If FILE is -, shred standard output.

2024-02-10 16:03:50 dpchrist@laalaa ~
$ shred -s 1K - | wc -c
shred: -: invalid file type
0


It looks like a shred(1) needs a bug report.


David