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.