send serialized data from one ruby console to another

trans-console-railway.rb

def _open name, mode
  fn = "/tmp/.marshal.store.#{ name.to_s.gsub(/[^\w]/, '') }"
  File.open(fn, mode)
end

# burry some_data => :significant_name
def b opts
  data, name = opts.first
  name = name.chr if name.is_a? Fixnum # in case of b stuff => ?a for 1.8.7
  (f = _open(name, 'w')).write((m = Marshal.dump(data)))
  f.close
end

# resurrect :significant_name
def r name
  Marshal.restore(_open(name, 'r').read)
end