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find "$TRASH/$1" -type f -exec shred -fu {} \;
find "$TRASH/$1" -type d -exec rmdir -p {} \;

#!/bin/bash
#A program to emulate the "rm" command in UNIX.
# Created by Michael Kelly
# Last revison 18/07/2006

# INITIALIZE VARIABLES
NO_ARGS=0
FLAG_R=""
FLAG_F_I=""
FLAG_V=""
TRASH=$HOME/deleted

# FUNCTIONS

function errors() {
if [ "$#" -eq  "$NO_ARGS" ] ; then
      echo "rm: too few arguments"
      echo "Try \`rm --help' for more information."
      exit 0
elif [[  ! -f "$1"  && ! -d "$1"   ]] ; then
      echo "rm: cannot remove $ARG : no such file or directory"
      exit 0
elif [[ -d $ARG  &&  "$FLAG_R" = ""  ]] ; then
      echo "rm: \`$ARG' is a directory"
      exit 0
else
     checkExisting $1
fi
}


function checkExisting (){
if [ -d $TRASH/$1 ]; then

     find "$TRASH/$1" -type f -exec shred -fu {} \; 2>/dev/null
     find "$TRASH/$1" -type d -exec rmdir -p  {} \; 2>/dev/null
     directoryDelete $1
else
     directoryDelete $1

fi

}

function directoryDelete () {
if [[ -d "$1"  &&  "$FLAG_R" == "R" && "$FLAG_F_I" == "i" ]]; then
echo -n "rm: descend into directory \`$1'?"
     read A
     if [[ "$A" = [Yy] ]] ; then
echo  "removing all entries of directory \`$1'?"

for FILE in "$1/*"
do
     delete $FILE
done
     echo -n "rm: remove directory \`$1'?"
     read A
     if [[ "$A" = [Yy] ]] ; then
     mv  $1 $TRASH 2>/dev/null
echo "rm: removing directory itself: \`$1'"

else
writePro $1

fi
fi
fi
}

function writePro () {
echo "Hello"
if ! [ -w  "$1" ] ; then
echo -n "rm: remove write-protected file \`$*'?"
     read A
     if [[ "$A" = [Yy] ]] ; then
     delete $1
     fi
else
     delete $1
fi

}

function delete() {
if [ "$FLAG_F_I" = "i" ] &&  [ -w  "$1" ] ; then
   interactive $1
elif [ "$FLAG_F_I" = "f"  ] ; then
   force $1
elif [ "$FLAG_R" = "R"  ] ; then
   remove $1
else
   remove $1
fi

}

function force () {

mv -f $1 $TRASH 2>/dev/null
verbose $1
}


function remove () {
mv  $1 $TRASH 2>/dev/null
verbose $1
}

function interactive () {
echo -n "rm: remove $1 ?"
     read A
     if [[ "$A" = [Yy] ]] ; then
     remove $1
     else
     remove $1
     else
     exit 0
fi
}
function verbose () {
if [ "$FLAG_V" = "v" ] ; then
echo "removing \`$1'"
fi
}


# PARSE OPTIONS WITH GETOPTS

while getopts :rRfvi o
do    case $o in
           r|R) FLAG_R=R
             ;;
             f) FLAG_F_I=f
             ;;
             v) FLAG_V=v
             ;;
             i) FLAG_F_I=i
             ;;
             *) echo "rm: invalid option -$1"
                echo "try \`rm --help' for more information"
                exit 0
      esac
done
shift `expr $OPTIND - 1`

# START OF FLOW

if ! [ -d "$HOME/deleted" ] ; then
     mkdir $HOME/delete
elif  [ $# -eq $NO_ARGS ] ; then
errors
else
   for ARG in $*
   do
   errors $ARG
   done
fi