improve daily cleanup scripts

releng.control/removeUtils.shsource

@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ function removeIf ()
 function removeArtifactsDirIf ()
 {
        # echo "arg: $1";
-       
-       if [ -z $1 ]
+       foundDirectory=$1
+       if [ -z "${foundDirectory}" ]
          then
            echo "ERROR: No argument. This function requires a directory as an argument. " ;
            return 1;
          fi
-       foundDirectory=$1
+       
        nSave=$2
        
        if [ -z $nSave ]
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function removeArtifactsDirIf ()
           nSave=1;
        fi   
        
-       if [ ! -d $foundDirectory ] 
+       if [ ! \( -d "${foundDirectory}" \) ] 
        then
          echo "ERROR: " "${foundDirectory}" ", is not a directory. This function requires a directory as an argument. "
          return 2;