So... i have some scripts which do some things on sets of files in directories. In order for them not to clobber each other, i need to tell one script what the last 50 actions of the other have been.

My best guess is that this could be most easily/efficiently accomplished with a flat text file, one that never grows larger than it's indicated max size (like 50 or 100 lines).

i've searched here, Super Search, CPAN, googled perlmonks.thepen.com and asked in the chatterbox, but i cannot find the previous node (saw it a month or so ago) that answered this very question.

If there's a better way to do this, and/or a module already that accomplishes something equivalent, i'd be happy to know!

In reply to FIFO logfile done with flat file? by u914

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