# shellcheck shell=bash
# shellcheck disable=SC2154
echo "DOING $text"


# increase counter
while ! ln -s x "$shared".lock 2> /dev/null; do
    sleep 1
done
test -f "$shared".cur || echo 0 > "$shared".cur
test -f "$shared".max || echo 0 > "$shared".max
new=$(($(cat "$shared".cur) + 1))
if test $new -gt "$(cat "$shared".max)"; then
    echo $new > "$shared".max
fi
echo $new > "$shared".cur
rm "$shared".lock


echo -n "$(cat "$inputs")""$text" > "$out"

sleep "$sleepTime"


# decrease counter
while ! ln -s x "$shared".lock 2> /dev/null; do
    sleep 1
done
test -f "$shared".cur || echo 0 > "$shared".cur
echo $(($(cat "$shared".cur) - 1)) > "$shared".cur
rm "$shared".lock