store_dir:/path-to/the-storage-dir

##</code><code>##

my $config     = getConfigVars ();
my $storageDir = $config->{store_dir};

##</code><code>##

my %config;
while (<DATA>) {
   my ($var, $val) = split (/:/, $_);
   $config{$var}   = $val;
}

__DATA__
store_dir:/path-to/the-store-dir