#!/usr/bin/perl # rmtree1 - remove whole directory trees like rm -r use File::Find qw(finddepth); die "usage: $0 dir ..\n" unless @ARGV; *name = *File::Find::name; finddepth \&zap, @ARGV; sub zap { if (!-l && -d _) { print "rmdir $name\n"; rmdir($name) or warn "couldn't rmdir $name: $!"; } else { print "unlink $name"; unlink($name) or warn "couldn't unlink $name: $!"; } }