* Franchisseur Robert ([log in to unmask]) [20061121 00:18]:

> cd /mirror_disk/sauvegarde/data
> time find . -exec shred -n 3 -z -u  {} \;

You forgot ‘-type f’ (which you curiously included when
investigating the incident), and even this won't save you from
shredding hardlinked files, you need ‘-links 1’ for that.
The dot habit has already been mentioned by others.

Peter

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