I have written a script to secure delete all files in a quarantine folder and my Trash folder. All the commands run trough Terminal via the script.
The problem I am having is when I am changing the directory to the hidden Trash folder. When I do
Code:
cd /Users/WatsonN/.Trash
all it does is take it to the /Users/WatsonN folder instead. The problem with this is that the next command is
Code:
srm -rfdv *
, so it starts with /Users/WatsonN/Desktop and works its way down. Luckily i caught it before it destroyed anything important.
here is the entire script:
Code:
#! /bin/sh
#
# Nathan Watson
# Nathan@WatsonN.com
#
clear
#Logo
cat /art.txt
#END Logo
#echo Let's start this bad boy on up!!
echo Movin' it on over to Quarantine
cd /Users/WatsonN/Desktop/Quarantine
echo CHModdin them files...
chmod +rw *
echo Here we go.............
srm -rfv *
echo DONE!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!
#
#
echo Now lets tear up that trash can!
echo Lookie here the trash bin....
cd /Users/WatsonN/.Trash
echo Gittin' that trash out of my trailer.....
srm -rfdv *
echo There ain't no trash in my trailer no more.....
echo CHECK FILES ARE GONE...
cd /Users/WatsonN/Desktop/Quarantine #LINE 28
echo LISTING........
echo .....Quarantine.....
ls -a
#
echo .....Trash.....
cd /Users/WatsonN/.Trash
ls -a
echo DONE
another issue is this
Quote:
./srm: line 28: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
./srm: line 42: syntax error: unexpected end of file
Line 42 is the line after everything that is after
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
rmf
rmf(1) General Commands Manual rmf(1)NAME
rmf - remove folder (only available within the message handling system, mh)
SYNOPSIS
rmf [+folder] [-help] [-[no]interactive]
OPTIONS
Prints a list of the valid options to this command. Asks for confirmation before deleting a folder. By default, rmf deletes a folder and
its messages without asking for confirmation. If you specify the -interactive option, rmf asks if you are sure before deleting the folder.
You are advised to use this option, since when rmf deletes a folder its contents are lost irretrievably.
DESCRIPTION
The rmf command removes all of the messages within the current folder, and then removes the folder itself. If there are any files within
the folder which are not part of MH, they are not removed, and an error message is displayed.
You can specify a folder other than the current folder by using the +folder argument. If you do not specify a folder, and rmf cannot find
the current folder,rmf asks you whether you want to delete +inbox instead.
If the current folder is removed, it makes +inbox current.
Note that the rmf command irreversibly deletes messages that do not have other links, so use it with caution.
If the folder being removed is a sub-folder, the parent folder becomes the new current folder, and rmf tells you that this has happened.
This provides an easy mechanism for selecting a set of messages, operating on the list, then removing the list and returning to the current
folder from which the list was extracted.
Using rmf to delete a read-only folder deletes the private sequence and current message information from the file, without affecting the
folder itself. If you have sub-folders within a folder, you must delete all the sub-folders before you can delete the folder itself.
PROFILE COMPONENTS
Path: To determine the user's Mail directory
EXAMPLES
This example shows how rmf asks for confirmation when the -interactive option is used: % rmf -interactive +test Remove folder "test"? y
FILES
The user profile.
SEE ALSO rmm(1)rmf(1)
06-11-2010
Issue with CD to a hidden dir
