On Thursday 21 August 2003 12:12, Byron A Jeff wrote: > #!/usr/local/bin/bash > > SC=~/.spamcount > > if [ -r $SC ] ; then > count=$(cat $SC) > else > count=0 > fi > > echo $[count+1] > $SC I was just looking at this -- do you just not worry about "collisions" of multiple simultaneous counts? David -- David Corbin <dcorbin at machturtle.com>