babylon.py

import fnmatch
import os

coredir = "/Users/cwj/Dropbox/Needle/corecheck/test"
histfile = "/Users/cwj/Dropbox/Needle/corecheck/corehist.txt"

cores = [file for file in os.listdir(coredir) if fnmatch.fnmatch(file, 'core.*')]

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