Thank you very much for such a comprehensive answer :)

I've changed the code in my library to look like so: 

{
    package OPTS;
    use Getopt::Std;
    our %opts;
    getopts('fs', \%opts);
}

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and in the script that requires the library, I have: 
our %opts;
*opts = \%OPTS::opts;
if ($OPTS::opts{f}) { #do stuff }

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and it all seems to work now the way I want it to. Although I'm still not really sure I fully understand what's going on here. I've just been flicking through Chapter 10 (Packages) in my trusty Camel Book. I think I need to study it some more before I get the hang of this.

But thanks again :)

In reply to Re^2: Sharing Getopts::Std amongst several related scripts by McDarren
in thread Sharing Getopts::Std amongst several related scripts by McDarren

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