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Date:      Wed, 23 Aug 2000 18:48:07 -0400
From:      Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net>
To:        Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>, Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes
Message-ID:  <20000823184807.A13252@netmonger.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000823184240.B13773@pavilion.net>; from Josef Karthauser on Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 06:42:40PM %2B0100
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On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 06:42:40PM +0100, Josef Karthauser wrote:
> If we had an incrementing number we need locking and a counter file.
> If we have "utime/user" we probably don't.

If it's an issue of the extra work to do the locking and counting,
Perl has File::CounterFile pre-cooked and ready to serve.
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