\_ The solution that will definitly work, it seems to me, is to remove
\_ the files you want removed, then fill all remaining space on the 
\_ filesystem with the beloved "yes" command... [...]
\_ Clumbsy, slow, but should work, on any OS that has "yes" and "sync",
\_ right? (Note: it wont remove records of the file NAMES, however)

For that, just conveniently copy all your directories to temp dir nodes
and recast them back.  (IIRC, YMMV).

David