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Consider using the simple, procedural module LWP::Simple and its mirror() function. It will allow you to download a replacement copy of the flat file database table (the ASCII text file) only when it has changed since the last time your Perl script downloaded it.

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Re^2: Keeping a local copy of a file up-to-date
by bontchev (Sexton) on Sep 04, 2011 at 19:44 UTC
    This seems to do the job, thanks!