John C Nash wrote: > > #!/bin/bash > # v -- view contents of encrypted text file > # first argument is name of file > # sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=500k,nr_inodes=200,mode=0700 tmpfs > /home/john/tspace > sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=500k,nr_inodes=200 tmpfs /home/john/tspace > tpw=`date` # Use backquote to execute date > echo "$tpw\n" > tpass > echo "$tpw\n" >> tpass > cat tpass | encfs -S ~/tspace/ ~/etspace/ > echo "Destroy this?\n" > cat tpass > rm tpass # for security > cp $1.cpt ~/etspace/$1.cpt > ccrypt -d ~/etspace/$1.cpt > less ~/etspace/$1 > echo "Now scrub it\n" > scrub ~etspace/$1 > echo "and unmount stuff\n" > mount > sudo umount ~/etspace > sudo umount ~/tspace > echo "DONE\n" > mount # to check we have got rid of stuff All of the above could be simplified to the following command line: ccat $1.cpt |less -- sg