On Friday 12 September 2003 07:54 pm, Chris wrote:

> 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?

Chris:
Unless you are using either JFS or XFS (sorry, I can't remember which), forget 
about defragging; it is not an issue in Linux. Should you run the appropriate 
fsck for your filesystem, it will probably report something on the order of 
3% fragmentation. Ignore it. Run it a month from now and you'll get a similar 
result. We never said Linux is perfect, just that it's pretty damn good.
-- cmg


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