--- old/src/shred.c	2016-12-16 14:36:58.819399157 +0100
+++ new/src/shred.c	2016-12-16 14:35:27.590639035 +0100
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
 struct Options
 {
   bool force;		/* -f flag: chmod files if necessary */
+  bool shred_hard_links; /* -h flag: also shred file if nlink > 1 */
   size_t n_iterations;	/* -n flag: Number of iterations */
   off_t size;		/* -s flag: size of file */
   enum remove_method remove_file; /* -u flag: remove file after shredding */
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@
 {
   {"exact", no_argument, NULL, 'x'},
   {"force", no_argument, NULL, 'f'},
+  {"shred-hard-links", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
   {"iterations", required_argument, NULL, 'n'},
   {"size", required_argument, NULL, 's'},
   {"random-source", required_argument, NULL, RANDOM_SOURCE_OPTION},
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@
 
       printf (_("\
   -f, --force    change permissions to allow writing if necessary\n\
+  -h, --shred-hard-links   also shred hard linked files\n\
   -n, --iterations=N  overwrite N times instead of the default (%d)\n\
       --random-source=FILE  get random bytes from FILE\n\
   -s, --size=N   shred this many bytes (suffixes like K, M, G accepted)\n\
@@ -891,6 +894,11 @@
       error (0, 0, _("%s: file has negative size"), qname);
       return false;
     }
+  else if (st.st_nlink > 1 && ! flags->shred_hard_links)
+    {
+      error (0, 0, _("%s: file has %d > 1 hard links, use -h to shred anyway"), qname, st.st_nlink);
+      return false;
+    }
 
   /* Allocate pass array */
   passarray = xnmalloc (flags->n_iterations, sizeof *passarray);
@@ -1218,7 +1226,7 @@
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
   bool ok = true;
-  struct Options flags = { 0, };
+  struct Options flags = { 0, 0, };
   char **file;
   int n_files;
   int c;
@@ -1236,7 +1244,7 @@
   flags.n_iterations = DEFAULT_PASSES;
   flags.size = -1;
 
-  while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "fn:s:uvxz", long_opts, NULL)) != -1)
+  while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "fhn:s:uvxz", long_opts, NULL)) != -1)
     {
       switch (c)
         {
@@ -1244,6 +1252,10 @@
           flags.force = true;
           break;
 
+        case 'h':
+          flags.shred_hard_links = true;
+          break;
+
         case 'n':
           flags.n_iterations = xdectoumax (optarg, 0,
                                            MIN (ULONG_MAX,