#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use DBM::Deep; use Data::Dumper; my $DBM = DBM::Deep->new("deep.db") or die("Couldn't initialize DB"); $DBM->clear(); $DBM->optimize(); $DBM->{TASK_QUEUE} = {}; $DBM->{TASK_QUEUE}->{DEV} = []; $DBM->{TASK_QUEUE}->{DEV}->push({CMD => "foo1", FILE => "bar1"}); $DBM->{TASK_QUEUE}->{DEV}->push({CMD => "foo2", FILE => "bar2"}); print Dumper(\$DBM); my $task = $DBM->{TASK_QUEUE}->{DEV}->shift(); print Dumper(\$task); print Dumper(\$DBM); __END__