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Brendan T. McNichols writes
> Hi all,
> 
> # ---  Empty the Recycler(s)   --- Changed by Brendan on August 10, 1992
> # from an earlier version posted by Jim Kiraly to comp.sys.next.sysadmin 
> #
> # Search through entire filesystem looking for .NextTrash directories.
> # Save the list in the variable trashlist. For every .NextTrash  
directory 
> # found in the previous command, find and delete all files that are more 
> # than 1 day old.
> trashlist=`find / -type d -name .NextTrash -prune -print`
> for j in $trashlist 
>   do
>     echo 'Removing files more than 1 day old from recycler: '$j
> #    find $j -ctime +1 -depth -exec rm -rf {};
>   done
> 
> Unfortunatly, the script does not work if one of the paths in the  
> trashlist variable has a space in it. 
>
After playing with this for a while, I got the following to work
(Although I used a slightly different command)

Instead of referencing your file to trash as $j,
try referencing it as "${j}". (Include quotes)

This works for direct commands like 
/bin/rm "${j}"

You will have to test it for find.

Regards,

John
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