#!/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 exists

if [ ! -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
 fi

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

exec $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