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.
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