#10 wiping file in absolute path

[Anonymous]

when wiping files with absolute path, its giving
error..like

$wipe /tmp/abc
wipe: cannot rename `/tmp/3': No such file or directory

it is trying to rename a file name /tmp/3ygiFT which is
temporarily created having same file contents as
/tmp/abc, but couldnt find it, as it is looking for
only 3 and not full name 3ygiFT.

can anybody tell me whether it is a bug or i am not
using the correct options to use wipe.

[Tom Vier]

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Please try the new work-in-progress release i just added.
It's in the files section, wipe-wip-20050509.tar.bz2. That
should fix this problem.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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I had the problem but I'm not sur it's a problem of absolute
path. But it seems a problem of size. If you wipe small
files (1-2k) the tools don't have problem. But if you wipe
large files (i.e. more than 1Mega) the tools stop with a
problem of error renaming file.

[Kalak]

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I'd say to marked this one fixed and release wipe-wip under a new version number so people know it's out there. I couldn't find the "wipe: cannot rename" erorr until I dug into the bugs of the project site. It fixes something, so release it in a way people know about it.

What's with the new name anyway? ;)