It's returning "blank" (I'm guessing this means @files is empty) because no files matched. It's probably simply due to what you changed the variables to. Perhaps the path is relative and something called chdir, or the values you passed were expecting a different working directory.

Double-check what the variables are set to. If the path is relative make sure the current directory is what you expect. Make sure you have read permission for $file_directory/outgoing, and execute permission for all of the directories leading up to it.

Also, please, for the sanity of everyone having to read your code, use glob("$file_directory/outgoing/$new_files*.txt") instead of angle brackets.

In reply to Re: Globbidy glob glob glob by Somni
in thread Globbidy glob glob glob by Anonymous Monk

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