Re: File size zero after decrypting with wrong certificate

[Shachar S. <sh...@sh...>]

Thomas Constans wrote:
>
> Wouldnot it be better to be warned by rsyncrypto in case we decrypt
> files "in place", overwriting existing ones ?
>
> maybe rsyncrypto should refuse to overwrite existing files, unless a
> --force flag is given ?
>
> I may be able to work on such a patch.
>
>   
I'm  now working on making rsyncrypto use a safe rewrite procedure in 
the best Unix tradition - create a temporary file and then run over the 
original one with a move operation. This will provide atomic replacement 
on Unix and almost atomic on Windows.

Shachar