On Behalf Of Harry Putnam > > I have a semi-big mess here. > > Never mind how I managed it but let me describe what I want to do and > maybe some kind soul can steer me to something on cpan or just have > some helpful clues. > > I have two directories of news/mail messages containing different > number of files. However I expect there is file overlap in both > directions. > > That is, some files are the same message in either directory.
Mail and news messages all have a unique ID generated by the originating system. You should be able to find and sort them in each directory, then compare the lists. Bob McConnell -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
