Recursively putting files in a Recycle Bin in Unix - bash

Question

I've written script to temporarily delete files in Unix and then save the file path so they can be restored. I have 2 functions, one to delete files, and one to delete a directory that also recursively deletes files. I have the appropriate commands to recognize the directory name and path as well as checking to see if files remain in the directory and then deleting them. At first I was getting an infinite loop but I made some changes and now, it's saying there is no such file or directory when I try to delete a directory. It still runs through the code but it doesn't delete any files. Can anyone figure this out?
#!/bin/bash
#checks to see if deleted folder exists. If it doesn't, it is created.
if [ ! -d ~/deleted ];
then
mkdir ~/deleted
fi
if [ ! -f ~/.restore.info ] ;
then
touch ~/.restore.info
fi
function recur_delete {
dir=$1 #this will indicate the directory name only
dirpath=$(dirname $dir) #gets the directory path
if [ "$( ls -A /$dirpath/$dir)" ]; #determines if the directory contains files.
then
filename=$(find dirpath/dir -type f -printf "%f\n" | head -1)
delete_file $filename #filename is found and sent to delete_file function to be deleted.
recur_delete $dir #function is called again to see if more files are present.
else
echo Directory is empty, the directory will be deleted
echo $dirpath/$dir >> ~/.restore.info
rmdir ${dirpath/$dir}
fi
}
function delete_file {
inode=$(stat -c%i $filename) #grabs inode # for the chosen filename.
filename=$1 #reinitializes the variable filename as the first argument
pwd=$(readlink -e $filename) #This gets the entire path for the chosen file
if $interactive
then
if [ $verbose = true ];
then
read -p "Are you SURE you want to delete $filename ????" i_input
if [ $i_input == "y" ] || [ $i_input == "Y" ];
then
mv $filename ~/deleted/${filename}_$inode
echo ${filename}_$inode:$pwd >> ~/.restore.info
echo $filename has been deleted. Congrats.
else
echo Nothing has been done, the file or files remain.
fi
else
read -p "Are you SURE you want to delete $filename ????" i_input
if [ $i_input == "y" ] || [ $i_input == "Y" ];
then
mv $filename ~/deleted/${filename}_$inode
echo ${filename}_$inode:$pwd >> ~/.restore.info
else
echo Aborted
fi
fi
elif $verbose
then
mv $filename ~/deleted/${filename}_$inode
echo ${filename}_$inode:$pwd >> ~/.restore.info
echo $filename has been deleted. Congrats.
else
mv $filename ~/deleted/${filename}_$inode
echo ${filename}_$inode:$pwd >> ~/.restore.info
echo Executed
fi
}
interactive=false
verbose=false
recursive=false
while getopts ivr OPTION
do
case $OPTION in
i) interactive=true;;
v) verbose=true;;
r) recursive=true;;
esac
done
shift $[OPTIND-1]
for i in $*
do
filename=$i
basefile=$(basename $i)
if [ "$i" == "" ];
then
echo No file provided
elif [ -d $filename ];
then
if [ $recursive = true ];
then
recur_delete $filename
else
echo This is a directory, please provide a file name.
fi
elif [ ! -f $filename ];
then
echo File does not exist
elif [ "$basefile" == "safe_rm" ];
then
echo Attempting to delete safe_rm - operation aborted!!!!
#This is the line that takes the filename to be deleted and modifies the
#experience based on what the user wants.
else
delete_file $filename
fi
done

Answer 1

This seems super-complicated. How about building something around
$ mkdir ~/.trashbin
$ mv /absolute/path/to/dir/or/file ~/.trashbin
for temp delete and then
$ mv ~/.trashbin/absolute/path/to/dir /absolute/path/to/dir
for restore?
You need one little fragment of code to get the old absolute path with the ~/.trashbin deleted, but that's simple.
Update
Aaah, it's the silly professor problem. I resemble that.
Okay, here's the deal: in any recursion, there has to be something that "gets smaller" in some sense with each call, and finally gets to the point where you stop recurring. In your case, that should be the results of ls -A. Step away from the code and examine what you really get from ls -A on an empty directory, and whether that evaluates to 0 or non-zero in that if. Hint: I bet it never does.