Thanks for the tip perigeeV I think I found my solution, albeit not as elegant as I had hoped.

I couldn't use the shared memory function because IPC::ShareLite won't compile on Win32 and is required. But Cache::Cache will still compile with it.

So my solution is to use Cache::FileCache. I've include two quick proof of concept scripts to demonstrate:

First run the 'writer': 

# Program 1
use Cache::FileCache;

my $cache = new Cache::FileCache({ 'namespace' => 'SharedCache', 'defa
+ult_expires_in' => 600 } );

my $passed_data = "This is a passed string";

$cache->set( "Data", $passed_data, "10 minutes" );

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Then run the 'reader': 
#Program 2
use Cache::FileCache;

my $cache = new Cache::FileCache( { 'namespace' => 'SharedCache', 'def
+ault_expires_in' => 600 } );

my $passed_data = $cache->get("Data");

print "$passed_data\n";

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Looks like a winner, and only after about 18hrs of banging my head against the pile of soda cans on my desk!

-Nitrox

In reply to Inter-Process Communication by Nitrox
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