01: While(-f counter.lock){
02:     select(undef,undef,undef,0.1);}
03: open(LOCKFILE,">counter.lock);
04: dbmopen(%COUNTERS, $DOCUMENT_ROOT/DBM_FILES/counters,0666);
05: if(!(defined($counters{'my_counter'})){
06:     $counters{'my_counter'}=0;}
07: $counters{'my_counter'})++;
08: $count=$counters{'my_counter'};
09: dbmclose (counters);
10: close(LOCKFILE);
11: unlink(counter.lock);