koala@uunet.uu.net@chinet.uucp (07/02/88)
Posting-number: Volume 3, Issue 74
Submitted-by: "A. Nonymous" <koala@uunet.uu.net@chinet.uucp>
Archive-name: safe-rm
As long as im submitting the other stuff, here is a simple prg that
you can alias to rm.
Instead of removing the file, it moves it to a directory in your home
called .trash.
It comes with a prg called 'rec' which simply does the opposite.
It has all kinds of options. First is 'trash' then 'rec'.
--
Karl Meiser
..nucleus!{chinet,ddsw1,m-net}
-------- trash
#sccs "@(#)trash 1.5"
#sccs "@(#)"
#sccs "@(#)Tempoairly remove a file."
#sccs "@(#)"
#sccs "@(#)Copyright Karl Meiser 1988"
#sccs "@(#)"
#sccs "@(#)The following may be copied as long as no charge is given"
#sccs "@(#)and the above notice stays intact"
#sccs "@(#)"
#sccs "@(#)I provide no warranty for its use nor am I liable for any
#sccs "@(#)damages is causes."
#sccs "@(#)"
#sccs "@(#)Works only with ksh"
if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]
then
print -
print - "Usage: $0 [options] [files]"
print -
print - "Options: -k Remove Trashcan"
print - " -l List Contents of Trashcan"
print - " -r Remove entire directories"
print - " -f Dont report errors"
print -
print - "Note that option -k will not work unless it is explicitlty used."
print - "(Ie: $0 -k file will not work.)"
print -
print - "Note also that $0 -l file will work and will display a listing"
print - "on that file (or files is wildcards are used) if it (they)"
print - "are in your trashcan"
print -
print - "Files can be easily recoved using 'rec file(s)'. Wildcards are"
print - "Supported, but must be quoted. (Ie: rec '_ab*')"
print -
exit
fi
if [ "$#" -eq 1 ]
then
case "$1" in
-k*) print -n "Really remove ~/.trash: "
read yn
case "$yn" in
y* |Y*) /bin/rm -fr ~/.trash ;;
esac
exit ;;
-l*) cd ~/.trash
shift
eval dir $*
exit ;;
esac
fi
for x in $*
do
if [ "$x" = "-f" ]
then
err="n"
else
err="y"
fi
done
if [ -d ~/.trash ]
then :
else
if mkdir ~/.trash
then :
else
if [ "$err" = "y" ]
then
print - "$0: Cant create ~/.trash"
exit
fi
fi
fi
if [ "$1" = "-r" ]
then
shift
for x in $*
do
if mv $x/* ~/.trash 2>/dev/null
then :
else
if [ "$err" = "y" ]
then
print - "$0: Cant copy contents of directory $x"
fi
fi
if rmdir $x 2>/dev/null
then :
else
if [ "$err" = "y" ]
then
print - "$0: Cant Remove Directory $x"
fi
fi
fi
else
for x in $*
do
if mv $x ~/.trash
then :
else
if [ "$err" = "y" ]
then
print - "$0: Cant read $x"
fi
fi
done
fi
-------- rec
#sccs "@(#)rec 1.1"
#sccs "@(#)"
#sccs "@(#)Recover a file from Trashcan"
#sccs "@(#)"
#sccs "@(#)Copyright Karl Meiser 1988"
#sccs "@(#)"
#sccs "@(#)The following may be copied as long as no charge is given"
#sccs "@(#)and the above notice stays intact"
#sccs "@(#)"
#sccs "@(#)I provide no warranty for its use nor am I liable for any
#sccs "@(#)damages is causes."
#sccs "@(#)"
#sccs "@(#)Works only with ksh"
if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]
then
print -
print - "Usage: $0 [-f] file(s)"
print -
print - "The -f switch will cause errors to be suppressed"
print -
print - "This program will move files from the trashcan to the current"
print - "Directory. Note that wildcards do work if quoted. (Ie:"
print - "rec '_ab*' will work, but rec _ab* probally wont.)"
print -
exit
fi
cdir="$PWD"
cd ~/.trash
if [ "$1" = "-f" ]
then
shift
mv $* $cdir 2>/dev/null
else
mv $* $cdir
fi
cd $cdir
--------