--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# compares the soapbox with the real archive to see if any older stuff might be
+# left behind. if it's got a less than in front, then it's only on the soapbox drive
+# now rather than the pc's hard drive.
+
+sep
+echo "comparing musix where 'less than' is on the soapbox..."
+compare_dirs /media/fred/soapboxdrive/musix /z/musix
+
+sep
+echo "comparing imaginations where 'less than' is on the soapbox..."
+compare_dirs /media/fred/soapboxdrive/imaginations /z/imaginations
+
+sep
+echo "comparing walrus where 'less than' is on the soapbox..."
+compare_dirs /media/fred/soapboxdrive/walrus /z/walrus
+
+sep