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Old 08-04-2010
Counting script how many times it run?
i should use this script runs how many times before ?

how can i do_?
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Old 08-04-2010
increment a counter value when it runs into the DB or some persistent storage
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Old 08-06-2010
Can you give an examples..
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Old 08-06-2010
First you have to create a file like this:
Code:
echo 0 > counter_file

Now you can add this lines in your script:
Code:
< counter_file read counter
counter=$(( $counter + 1 ))
echo $counter > counter_file

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