Index: /trunk/tools/diskspace/run_counter.pl
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--- /trunk/tools/diskspace/run_counter.pl	(revision 32266)
+++ /trunk/tools/diskspace/run_counter.pl	(revision 32267)
@@ -55,5 +55,12 @@
 my $datestring = $dt->ymd;
 my $outfile = "neb:///ipp_diskspace/${datestring}/run_im_counts.dat";
-my $out_fh = $ipprc->file_create_open($outfile);
+my $out_fh;
+if ($ipprc->file_exists($outfile)) {
+    my $U_file = $ipprc->file_resolve($outfile);
+    open($out_fh,">$U_file");
+}
+else {
+    $out_fh = $ipprc->file_create_open($outfile);
+}
 
 foreach $s (keys %stages) {