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://ecryptfs.org/

AUTHOR

       This  manpage was written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.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  and  Ubuntu  systems,  the  complete  text  of the GNU General Public License can be found in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

ecryptfs-utils                                     2009-03-20                           ecryptfs-rewrite-file(1)