#!/bin/sh# newrm, a replacement for the existing rm command, provides a # rudimentary unremove capability by creating and utilizing a new # directory within the user's home directory. It can handle directories # of content as well as individual files, and if the user specifies # the -f flag files are removed and NOT archived.# Big Important Warning: You'll want a cron job or something similar to keep # the trash directories tamed. Otherwise nothing will ever actually # be deleted from the system and you'll run out of disk space!mydir="$HOME/.deleted-files" realrm="/bin/rm" copy="/bin/cp -R"if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then # let 'rm' ouptut the usage error exec $realrm # our shell is replaced by /bin/rm fi# Parse all options looking for '-f'flags=""while getopts "dfiPRrvW" opt do case $opt in f) exec $realrm "$@" ;; # exec lets us exit this script directly. *) flags="$flags -$opt" ;; # other flags are for 'rm', not us esac done shift $(($OPTIND - 1))# Make sure that the $mydir existsif [ ! -d $mydir ] ; then if [ ! -w $HOME ] ; then echo "$0 failed: can't create $mydir in $HOME" >&2 exit 1 fi mkdir $mydir chmod 700 $mydir # a little bit of privacy, please fifor arg do newname="$mydir/$(date "+%S.%M.%H.%d.%m").$(basename "$arg")" if [ -f "$arg" ] ; then $copy "$arg" "$newname" elif [ -d "$arg" ] ; then $copy "$arg" "$newname" fi doneexec $realrm $flags "$@" # our shell is replaced by realrm

while getopts "dfiPRrvW" opt do case $opt in f) exec $realrm "$@" ;; # exec lets us exit this script directly. *) flags="$flags -$opt" ;; # other flags are for 'rm', not us esac done

for arg do newname="$mydir/$(date "+%S.%M.%H.%d.%m").$(basename "$arg")" if [ -f "$arg" ] ; then $copy "$arg" "$newname" elif [ -d "$arg" ] ; then $copy "$arg" "$newname" fi done