#!/usr/bin/perl # $Header: empty,v 2.0 88/06/05 00:17:39 root Exp $ # This script empties a trashcan. $recursive = shift if $ARGV[0] eq '-r'; @ARGV = '.' if $#ARGV < 0; chop($pwd = `pwd`); dir: foreach $dir (@ARGV) { unless (chdir $dir) { print stderr "Can't find directory $dir\n"; next dir; } if ($recursive) { do cmd('find . -name .deleted -exec /bin/rm -rf {} ;'); } else { if (-d '.deleted') { do cmd('rm -rf .deleted'); } else { if ($dir eq '.' && $pwd =~ m|/\.deleted$|) { chdir '..'; do cmd('rm -rf .deleted'); } else { print stderr "No trashcan found in directory $dir\n"; } } } } continue { chdir $pwd; } # force direct execution with no shell sub cmd { system split(' ',join(' ',@_)); }