> 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?

As for fragmentation, it should not make a difference whether you use
"delete" or "shred", the same basic process happens, as far as file
allocation is concerned, and fragmentation will still occur.

M.


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