while( -f $LOCKFILE ) { ; }
open (LOCKME, "> $LOCKFILE") or die "The lockfile won't open $!";
open(CFILE, "count.txt" ) or die "The countfile won't open $!";	
read( CFILE, my $buf, -s CFILE ); 	
close( CFILE ); 		
unlink $LOCKFILE;