I have checked out the Data::Dumper and indeed it allows to dump a hash table and it is slightly in a different structure then the dumpvalue does but I could not find how to read back a dumped file. Like dumpvalue it only goes in one direction.

use Data::Dumper;
open (STDOUT, ">whatever.dat");
print Dumper(%flexlm);
close STDOUT;
[download]

$VAR1 = 'dataParams';
$VAR2 = {
          'license_feature' => {
                                 'val' => 'geditor'
                               },
          'total_licenses' => {
                                'val' => '15'
                              },
          'machine_names' => {
                               'parmOptions' => [
                                                  'solw0328',
                                                  'solw0082',
                                                  'vasw1006',
                                                  'lav000021453a',
                                                  'tczw5216',
                                                  'CRKW388',
                                                  'vasw1005'
                                                ]
                             },
          'user_names' => {
                            'parmOptions' => [
                                               'solwebef',
                                               'solwebef',
                                               'vaskhall',
                                               'lvlvalor',
                                               'tczrale',
                                               'crkjcree',
                                               'vasplund'
                                             ]
                          },
          'licenses_used' => {
                               'val' => 7
                             },
          'license_server' => {
                                'val' => '10.210.134.126'
                              }
        };
[download]

---

---

Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!

Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.

Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.

Please read these before you post! —

• How do I compose an effective node title?
• How do I post a question effectively?
• Markup in the Monastery

Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:

a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr

You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)

	For:		Use:
	&		&
	<		&lt;
	>		&gt;
	[		&#91;
	]		&#93;

Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?

See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.