Added comments about initializing counter.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/html/counter.php3 b/html/counter.php3
index 285dc88d..0ea4593d 100644
--- a/html/counter.php3
+++ b/html/counter.php3
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ $maxlen = 10;
 //     if file doesn't exist already, so start with
 //     empty files made with touch.
 
+// Here's how to cause it to be initialized:
+//
+//  rm -f counter.txt counterstart.txt
+//  touch counter.txt counterstart.txt
+//  chmod o+w counter.txt counterstart.txt
+//
+
 if (is_readable($counterFile) && is_writeable($counterFile)) {
   $fp   = fopen($counterFile,"r+");
   if (filesize($counterFile)<1) {