* 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 -- .+'''+. .+'''+. .+'''+. .+'''+. .+'' Kelemen Péter / \ / \ [log in to unmask] .+' `+...+' `+...+' `+...+' `+...+'