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+#!c:\perl\bin\perl
+# 
+# The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public
+# License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+# except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+# the License at http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/
+#  
+# Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
+# IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+# rights and limitations under the License.
+#  
+# The Original Code is Mozilla Communicator client code, released
+# March 31, 1998.
+# 
+# The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape
+# Communications Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are
+# Copyright (C) 1998-1999 Netscape Communications Corporation. All
+# Rights Reserved.
+# 
+# Contributor(s): 
+# Sean Su <ssu@netscape.com>
+# 
+
+use Cwd;
+
+if($#ARGV < 0)
+{
+    print_usage();
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+print "removing directory:\n";
+for($i = 0; $i <= $#ARGV; $i++)
+{
+    print "  $ARGV[$i]";
+    remove_dir_structure($ARGV[$i]);
+    print "\n";
+}
+
+exit(0);
+# end
+
+sub remove_dir_structure
+{
+    my($curr_dir) = @_;
+    $save_cwd     = cwd();
+    $save_cwd     =~ s/\//\\/g;
+    if((-e "$curr_dir") && (-d "$curr_dir"))
+    {
+        remove_all_dir($curr_dir);
+        chdir($save_cwd);
+        remove_directory($curr_dir);
+        print " done!";
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if(!(-e "$curr_dir"))
+        {
+            print "\n";
+            print "$curr_dir does not exist!";
+        }
+        elsif(!(-d "$curr_dir"))
+        {
+            print "\n";
+            print "$curr_dir is not a valid directory!";
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+sub remove_all_dir
+{
+    my($curr_dir) = @_;
+    my(@dirlist);
+    my($dir);
+
+    chdir("$curr_dir");
+    @dirlist = <*>;
+    foreach $dir (@dirlist)
+    {
+        if(-d "$dir")
+        {
+            print ".";
+            remove_all_dir($dir);
+        }
+    }
+    chdir("..");
+    remove_directory($curr_dir);
+}
+
+sub remove_directory
+{
+    my($directory) = @_;
+    my($save_cwd);
+
+    $save_cwd = cwd();
+    $save_cwd =~ s/\//\\/g;
+
+    if(-e "$directory")
+    {
+        chdir($directory);
+        unlink <*>; # remove files
+        chdir($save_cwd);
+        rmdir $directory;         # remove directory
+    }
+}
+
+sub print_usage
+{
+    print "usage: $0 <dir1> [dir2 dir3...]\n";
+}