Using *nix Shred to delete whole directories

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 September 2011 22:41 Written by Joel Azaria Wednesday, 21 September 2011 21:58

Found this:

find /volume1/tmpz -type f | xargs shred -f --iterations=7 -u -z -v

Taken from here:

Later found this: http://superuser.com/questions/19326/how-to-wipe-free-disk-space-in-linux on wiping the unused/free space. Have not tested these with Synology.

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