open(DATA, ">/host/n/b/p/p/o/r/nbpdexplorers.port5.com/cgi-bin/data2.txt") or die "Cannot open database file: $!"; flock(DATA, 2); seek(DATA, 1, 0); foreach my $item (@currentdata) { print DATA "$item\n"; } flock(DATA, 8); close(DATA);