1ecryptfs-rewrite-file(1)           eCryptfs           ecryptfs-rewrite-file(1)
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NAME

6       ecryptfs-rewrite-file  -  force a file to be rewritten (reencrypted) in
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SYNOPSIS

11       ecryptfs-rewrite-file [file1] [file2] [file3] ...
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DESCRIPTION

15       This script takes one or more files/directories/symlinks as  arguments,
16       moves each of them to a temporary file, and then moves them back to the
17       original name.  This causes the file to be rewritten (and  reencrypted)
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20       This  script  may  be  combined with find(1) and xargs(1) to rewrite an
21       entire eCryptfs mountpoint, unmount, and sync:
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23         find . -xdev -print0 | xargs -r -0 /usr/bin/ecryptfs-rewrite-file
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27       It is advised that this script is executed in runlevel 1 or 3, to avoid
28       simultanteous writes and race conditions with targeted files.
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30       USING  THIS  SCRIPT WHILE GNOME, KDE, OR OTHER APPLICATIONS ARE RUNNING
31       MAY CAUSE DATA LOSS.
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SEE ALSO

35       find(1), xargs(1), ecryptfs-umount-private(1), sync(1)
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37       http://launchpad.net/ecryptfs/
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AUTHOR

41       This manpage was written by  Dustin  Kirkland  <kirkland@canonical.com>
42       for  Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others).  Permission is granted
43       to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of  the
44       GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by
45       the Free Software Foundation.
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47       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License
48       can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
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