> > Thanks for all the replies everybody. I 'assume' then that when shredding > > file(s) that there is no fragmentation such as there is in the windows os > > and that the freed space can/is immediately available to be written to? > > Unless you are using either JFS or XFS (sorry, I can't remember which),
JFS needs to be defragged occasionally. Miark
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