Dermot wrote:
# Make a local copy of HoH my $ref = $fileSizes;
$fileSize is a reference to the HoH, and $ref is nothing but another reference to the very same data structure.
You probably want to study the FAQ entry "perldoc -q copy". -- Gunnar Hjalmarsson Email: http://www.gunnar.cc/cgi-bin/contact.pl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/