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NAME

       ecryptfs-rewrite-file  -  force a file to be rewritten (reencrypted) in
       the lower filesystem

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       This script takes one or more files/directories/symlinks as  arguments,
       moves each of them to a temporary file, and then moves them back to the
       original name.  This causes the file to be rewritten (and  reencrypted)
       in the lower filesystem.

       This  script  may  be  combined with find(1) and xargs(1) to rewrite an
       entire eCryptfs mountpoint, unmount, and sync:

         find . -xdev -print0 | xargs -r -0 /usr/bin/ecryptfs-rewrite-file
         ecryptfs-umount-private
         sync

       It is advised that this script is executed in runlevel 1 or 3, to avoid
       simultanteous writes and race conditions with targeted files.

       USING  THIS  SCRIPT WHILE GNOME, KDE, OR OTHER APPLICATIONS ARE RUNNING
       MAY CAUSE DATA LOSS.

SEE ALSO

       find(1), xargs(1), ecryptfs-umount-private(1), sync(1)

       http://launchpad.net/ecryptfs/

AUTHOR

       This manpage was written by  Dustin  Kirkland  <kirkland@canonical.com>
       for  Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others).  Permission is granted
       to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of  the
       GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by
       the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License
       can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.