--- imagecache/imagecache.module	Fri Jun 20 08:21:42 2008
+++ imagecache/imagecache.module	Fri Oct 10 17:18:54 2008
@@ -629,15 +629,25 @@
  * @param string $path
  *   A filepath relative to file_directory_path.
  */
-function _imagecache_recursive_delete($dir) {
-  $d = dir($dir);
-  while (($entry = $d->read()) !== false) {
-    if ($entry == '.' || $entry == '..') continue;
-    $path = $dir .'/'. $entry;
-    if (is_file($path)) unlink($path);
-    if (is_dir($path)) _imagecache_recursive_delete($path);
+function _imagecache_recursive_delete($path) {
+  if (is_file($path) || is_link($path)) {
+    unlink($path);
+  }
+  elseif (is_dir($path)) {
+    if ($d = opendir($path)) {
+      while (($entry = readdir($d)) !== false) {
+        if ($entry == '.' || $entry == '..') continue;
+        $entry_path = $path .DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR. $entry;
+        _imagecache_recursive_delete($entry_path);
+      }
+      closedir($d);
+    }
+    rmdir($path);
+  }
+  else {
+    watchdog('imagecache', t('Unknown file type(%path) stat: %stat ',
+              array('%path' => $path,  '%stat' => print_r(stat($path),1))), WATCHDOG_ERROR);
   }
-  rmdir($dir);
 }
 
 /**