c:\test>perl -MDevel::Size=total_size -MStorable=dclone,store -E"$#AoH=5e3; $AoH[$_] = dclone \%ENV for 0..$#AoH-1; <>; print total_size( \@AoH ); store \@AoH, 'junk.dat'; <>" 9555355 c:\test>dir junk.dat 10/04/2010 13:20 9,090,025 junk.dat #### c:\test>perl -MDevel::Size=total_size -MStorable=dclone,retrieve -E"$AoH = retrieve 'junk.dat';<>;print total_size( $AoH );<>" 9842331