Hi,

Hopefully this isn't too dumb of a question. I have a script that runs an infinite loop that does useful things until I hit CTRL+C and kill it.

I'm using a text file to store an ID number for the next time the script starts. This ID number increases every time the loop cycles. Right now I'm opening and writing to the text file EVERY time the loop cycles. Writing to a file over and over again when it really only needs to be done once seems a little stupid to me.

Is there such a thing as DESTRUCTOR sort of thing I can use that would run a function when the script exits?

If not could I possibly assign a DESTRUCTOR to a regular scalar that doesn't belong to any particular object somehow?

The goal is to have a function that takes the said ID value and writes it to the text file just before the script exits regardless of why it exits.

Any hope for me?

Thanks ;-)

In reply to Destructor() for a non OO script? by ttlgreen

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