#!/opt/kalm/bin/perl -w use strict; use Storable qw(lock_store lock_retrieve); use Data::Dumper; $Data::Dumper::Deepcopy=1; $Data::Dumper::Purity=1; $Data::Dumper::Sortkeys=1; my %data = ( 1 => 'FEE', 2 => 'FYE', 3 => 'FOH', 4 => 'FUM', ); my $file = 'test.dat'; lock_store \%data, $file; my $hashref = lock_retrieve $file; print Dumper($hashref);