babylon

import os
coredir = "/etc/sv/core"
histfile = "/tmp/corehist.txt"

dirlist = os.listdir(coredir)
dirlist.remove("core")
dirlist.count

with open(histfile, 'w') as f:
  value_in_file = f.readline()
  if value_in_file == '' or int(value_in_file) != dirlist.count:
    f.writeline(dirlist.count)