I wanted to shred some files on my ReiserFS partition. But then I saw the message on the bottom of the --help printout saying:
------------ CAUTION: Note that shred relies on a very important assumption: that the filesystem overwrites data in place. This is the traditional way to do things, but many modern filesystem designs do not satisfy this assumption. The following are examples of filesystems on which shred is not effective: * log-structured or journaled filesystems, such as those supplied with AIX and Solaris (and JFS, ReiserFS, XFS, etc.) ^^^^^^^^ ------------ So, how do I go about shredding (or something similar) a file on my ReiserFS-partition? -- Ole Sebastian Stein ``It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems with just potatoes.'' - Life, the universe and everything (Chapter 24), D. Adams