# holdcache.pl use Cache::SharedMemoryCache; my %cache_options_= ( 'namespace' => 'MyNamespace', ); my $c = Cache::SharedMemoryCache->new( \%cache_options ) or die( "Couldn't instantiate SharedMemoryCache" ); while (1) { sleep 300; } __END__ #### $ perl holdcache.pl & $ perl -e 'use Cache::SharedMemoryCache;$c=Cache::SharedMemoryCache->new({namespace=>"MyNamespace"}) or die;$c->set("foo",1);' $ perl -e 'use Cache::SharedMemoryCache;$c=Cache::SharedMemoryCache->new({namespace=>"MyNamespace"}) or die;$x=$c->get("foo");print $x,$/' 1