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7.2.47 ODBM_File - Tied Access to ODBM Files

use Fcntl;
use ODBM_File;
tie(%hash, ODBM_File, 'Op.dbmx', O_RDWR|O_CREAT, 0644);
# read/writes of %hash are now read/writes of the file, Op.dmx
untie %hash;

See Perl's built-in tie function. Also see under DB_File in this chapter for a description of a closely related module.

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