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Date:      Thu, 24 Aug 2000 09:20:22 +0100
From:      Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
To:        Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes
Message-ID:  <20000824092022.B534@pavilion.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000823184807.A13252@netmonger.net>; from chris@netmonger.net on Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 06:48:07PM -0400
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On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 06:48:07PM -0400, Christopher Masto wrote:
> 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.

Probably :)  but it isn't guaranteed to be installed everywhere that
these scripts are going to be running :)

Joe
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