last time i posted was in late june. i would try and make excuses such as my computer broke, i got grounded, i was busy with school, some girl distracted me from what i should be doing, etc--all of which actually happened--but the truth of the matter is, i got discouraged. comparing two lists. it was supposed to just clean up my mp3 directory a little, get rid of the files that weren't on my play list. in a small scale test, it worked fine. when i put it into practice, it reduced my beloved collection of mp3s from about 1200 to about 36. it was by far one of the most terrifying moments in my life. in a great sense of self doubt, i haven't done any perl since. indeed, i only started trying to rebuild my mp3 collection a few days ago. but i'm taking a c++ class at my high school, and i guess i felt that it was time to get back on the horse and figure out why my script did what it did. and so, i come now to ask for help and guidance in finding the problem, because i sure as hell have no idea what went wrong.

In reply to it's been awhile . . . by ashaman

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