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Yes, this is possible. The basis of the mechanism is the CreateFileMapping API. I don't think that there is any existing module publically available to do this.

You could use Win32::API::Prototype or related module to access the api's to do this from Perl. Perhaps the best way would be to model this behind a Tie::Handle tied interface.

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