shred should treat - as standard output
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U - shred
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Description
$ uu_shred -
uu_shred: -: No such file or directory
$ gnushred -
shred: -: invalid file type
Note this syntax is a way to deallocate but not unlink a file.
I.e. this is not some theoretical edge case
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Research direction
Start by locating the Rust implementation and tests for the shred command, then reproduce the reported uu_shred - behavior. Done means the command handles - as standard output without the missing-file error while preserving the stated deallocation-without-unlinking use case.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
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- 1-2 days
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- Mostly clear
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