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Save packed data to a file

    



$time = time;

$s = pack ("a8a8L", Mike, Flash, $time);

open FILEHANDLE, ">file.dat" or die "Can not open file.dat";
print FILEHANDLE $s;
close FILEHANDLE;

open FILEHANDLE2, "<file.dat" or die "Can not open file.dat";
$s2 = <FILEHANDLE2>;
close FILEHANDLE2;

($first, $last, $time) = unpack ("a8a8L", $s2);

print "First name: $first\n";
print "Last name: $last\n";
print "Time: ", scalar localtime($time);

   
    
    
    
  








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