my $storeFile = "/db/users.store.test"; my $users = (); my $ts; for (my $i = 0; $i < 2000; $i++){ $users = retrieve( $storeFile ); $ts = localtime( time ); foreach my $KEY ( keys % { $users } ){ print "#" . $KEY . "#" . $ts . "#\n"; $users->{$KEY} = $ts; store $users, $storeFile; } usleep(250); }