add os.fsync() so that the shredding data (hopefully) hits the drive

9 years ago · 7193d27acc
parent 946b82bef7
commit 7193d27acc
1 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/lib/ansible/parsing/vault/init.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/parsing/vault/init.py
@ -235,9 +235,10 @@ class VaultEditor:
        passes = 3
        with open(tmp_path,  "w") as fh:
            for _ in range(int(passes)):
+                fh.seek(0,  0)
                data = generate_data(ld)
                fh.write(data)
-                fh.seek(0,  0)
+                os.fsync(fh)
        os.remove(tmp_path)
        
    def _edit_file_helper(self, filename, existing_data=None, force_save=False):