Re: Gaurenteed file write??

[Nathan Straz <nstraz@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 02:03:21PM -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> I have an iteration counter that I update every night.
> 
>     echo $ITERATION > /backup/iteration
> 
> Recently this file was reset to 0.

You might want to think about storing $ITERNATION as part of a file
name instead of in a file.  That way $ITERATION is part of a journal
transaction.  That might give you better results.  

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