On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 1:41 AM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote:

> I suppose I should say at this point that the purpose of the file
> is to be a single line with the date the program was last run
> in it.  If the current date's month and the month in the file
> differ, it triggers an event in my program.


Had you considered using the file last-modified timestamp instead?

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