--- FSCounter/FSCounter.py.orig	2004-10-30 20:53:52.000000000 +0900
+++ FSCounter/FSCounter.py	2004-10-30 21:03:31.000000000 +0900
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import string
 import Globals # so I can get Globals data_dir
 import time
+import fcntl
 
 from numbers import num2eng
 
@@ -166,7 +167,10 @@
             value = int(newvalue)
         #try:
         outfile = open(str(Globals.data_dir) + os.sep + str(self.filename), 'wb')
+        fcntl.flock(outfile.fileno(), fcntl.LOCK_EX)
         outfile.write(str(value))
+        outfile.flush()
+        fcntl.flock(outfile.fileno(), fcntl.LOCK_UN)
         outfile.close()
         #except:
         #    pass