#!/usr/bin/perl use AnyDBM_File; use strict; my %database; tie %database, 'AnyDBM_File', "bar", "0666","DB_HASH" or die "doh $!\n"; $database{test} = "yo baby"; untie %database; tie %database, 'AnyDBM_File', "bar", "0666", "DB_HASH" or die "wtf?? $!\n"; print $database{test}; untie %database; print "success 2\n"; exit;