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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# $Header: empty,v 2.0 88/06/05 00:17:39 root Exp $
+
+# This script empties a trashcan.
+
+$recursive = shift if $ARGV[0] eq '-r';
+
+@ARGV = '.' if $#ARGV < 0;
+
+chop($pwd = `pwd`);
+
+dir: foreach $dir (@ARGV) {
+    unless (chdir $dir) {
+	print stderr "Can't find directory $dir\n";
+	next dir;
+    }
+    if ($recursive) {
+	do cmd('find . -name .deleted -exec /bin/rm -rf {} ;');
+    }
+    else {
+	if (-d '.deleted') {
+	    do cmd('rm -rf .deleted');
+	}
+	else {
+	    if ($dir eq '.' && $pwd =~ m|/\.deleted$|) {
+		chdir '..';
+		do cmd('rm -rf .deleted');
+	    }
+	    else {
+		print stderr "No trashcan found in directory $dir\n";
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+}
+continue {
+    chdir $pwd;
+}
+
+# force direct execution with no shell
+
+sub cmd {
+    system split(' ',join(' ',@_));
+}
+