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#!/bin/sh
# trm.sh - Safer 'rm' And Backup Utility
# Copyright (c) 2016 TundraWare Inc., Des Plaines, IL USA
# All Rights Reserved
# Permission granted for the free use of this program without restriction

GRAVEYARD="${HOME}/.graveyard"
TESTING="Running in test mode ..."

mkdir -p $GRAVEYARD

# This function is called at the bottom of this file or it can
# be embedded in a shell startup script.

trm()
{

  # Parse command line args

  OPERATOR="mv"       # Can be overriden with -c option
  OPTLIST='cdg:stvx'  # List of all legal command line options
  OPTIND=1            # getopts may have been previously used in this context

  SERIALNO="Yes"      # Generate serial numbers
  TESTMODE=""
  VERBOSE=""

  while getopts ${OPTLIST} opt
  do
    case $opt
    in

      # Copy, don't move, targets to graveyard
      c)
        OPERATOR="cp -pr"
      ;;

      # Empty the graveyard
      d)
        rm -rf  ${VERBOSE} ${GRAVEYARD}/* ${GRAVEYARD}/.[-z]*
      ;;

      # Name your own graveyard
      g)
        GRAVEYARD=${OPTARG}
      ;;

      # Turn of serial number generation
      s)
        SERIALNO=""
      ;;

      # Don't do anything, just show what you would do
      t)
        TESTMODE=${TESTING}
      ;;

      # Be noisy
      v)
        VERBOSE="-v"
      ;;

      # Actually execute
      x)
          TESTMODE=""
      ;;

      *)
        echo "usage: trm.sh -${OPTLIST}  [file|directory] ..."
        exit 1
      ;;
    esac
  done

  # Process arguments

  shift $((OPTIND-1))
  while [ $# -gt 0 ]
  do

    # Symlinks require special care
    if [ -L "$1" ]
    then

      # Bare symlink itelf
      REALPATH=$(readlink -f $(dirname  "$1"))
      if [ "${REALPATH}" = '/' ]
      then
        REALPATH=""
      fi

      REALPATH="${REALPATH}"/$(basename "$1")

    # Process normal files and directories
    else
      REALPATH=$(readlink -f "$1")
    fi

    # See if we want serial numbers
    SERIAL=""
    if [ -n "${SERIALNO}" ]
    then
        SERIAL=".$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)"
    fi

    SRCDIR=$(dirname "${REALPATH}")
    if [ "${SRCDIR}" = '/' ]
    then
      SRCDIR=""
    fi

    SRCFIL=$(basename "${REALPATH}")
    DESDIR="${GRAVEYARD}${SRCDIR}"
    DESFIL="${SRCFIL}${SERIAL}"

    CMD="${OPERATOR} $VERBOSE '${REALPATH}' '${DESDIR}/${DESFIL}'"
    if [ -n "${TESTMODE}" ]
    then
      echo ${TESTMODE}
      echo ${CMD}
    else
      mkdir -p "${DESDIR}"
      eval ${CMD}
    fi

    shift

  done

}

# Uncomment to invoke as a free standing utility

# trm "$@"