Hi Robert, FRANCHISSEUR Robert wrote: > Hello, > > I think I found a very serious bug with shred. > > Scientific Linux SL release 4.1 (Beryllium) > Kernel 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL on an i686 > > This is what I did (as root): > > cd /mirror_disk/sauvegarde/data/mirror_disk/sauvegarde/data > time find . -exec shred -n 3 -z -u {} \; > > on a directory of ~ 14 Gb in a 1 Tb firewire external disk > mounted on /mirror_disk/ > > The command did what I expected but I discovered that several > other files in other partitions were *EMPTIED* !!! > I would assume that your /mirror_disk/sauvegarde/data contained some links pointing to the /usr/bin, and shred thoroughly removed the targets these links pointed to. Matthias