if (substr($file, length($file) - 1, 1) eq ":") {
die "removing the root directory of a drive is not permitted!";
}
+
+#print "file to whack: '$file'\n";
+
if ( ($file =~ /^.*\/\.$/) || ($file =~ /^.*\/\.\.$/) ) {
print "ignoring attempt to remove current or parent directory.\n";
next;