use Fcntl qw( LOCK_EX O_RDWR O_CREAT SEEK_SET );

my $qfn = '/tmp/myfile.index';

sysopen(my $fh, $qfn, O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0666)
   or die("Can't create or open \"$qfn\": $!\n");
flock($fh, LOCK_EX);

my $index = <$fh>;
++$index;

seek($fh, 0, SEEK_SET);
print($fh "$index\n");
#truncate($fh, tell($fh));

[download]

You could also do it without locking: 

my $qfn = '/tmp/myfile.index';

open(my $fh, '<', $qfn)
   or die("Can't open \"$qfn\": $!\n");

my $index = <$fh>;
++$index;

open($fh, '>', $qfn)
   or die("Can't create \"$qfn\": $!\n");

print($fh "$index\n");

[download]

In reply to Re: the manuals fail me by ikegami
in thread the manuals fail me by Anonymous Monk

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.