I can only think of using a log file of sorts. At the beginning of your first script have it output a '0' (false) to the log file. At the end of the script, upon successful execution, have it...

touche!

I had not thought about that. In that case, you would be correct.

No, thats actually exactly wrong.

The mv command does not make a new file. Period. The datablocks holding the information remain unchanged. All that happens is that the entry in the directory...