# Writing to a file / Server Load

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-to-a-file-server-load/210584>\
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**Created:** [December 20, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-to-a-file-server-load/210584 "2006-12-20T04:39:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/writing-to-a-file-server-load/210584/1 "2006-12-20T04:39:59Z")

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Hi Guys,

First post here but long over due joining this great site - i hope I’ve put this in the right thread though.

My question relates to this example: [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/hitcounter.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/hitcounter.htm)

I was wondering if you could read/loadVariables from a text file located on different server?

Also how well does that script handle simultaneous file transactions and what would the load be writing to a file like this (if any?). Eg. if you put one of those hit counters on the front page of the [nytimes.com](http://nytimes.com) is it going to accurately count or would the high level of interactions cause the file to overwrite itself with the same number a couple of times, or worse yet find the file is already open for writing and not do anything.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Cheers,  
Mal