code: def dump(new_data):
      '''
      Replace the entire datastore with a passed data structure
  
      CLI Example:
  
      .. code-block:: bash
  
          salt '*' data.dump '{'eggs': 'spam'}'
      '''
      if not isinstance(new_data, dict):
          if isinstance(ast.literal_eval(new_data), dict):
              new_data = ast.literal_eval(new_data)
          else:
              return False
  
      try:
          datastore_path = os.path.join(__opts__['cachedir'], 'datastore')
          with salt.utils.files.fopen(datastore_path, 'w+b') as fn_:
              serial = salt.payload.Serial(__opts__)
              serial.dump(new_data, fn_)
  
          return True
  
      except (IOError, OSError, NameError):
          return Falsf dump(new_data):
      '''
      Replace the entire datastore with a passed data structure
  
      CLI Example:
  
      .. code-block:: bash
  
          salt '*' data.dump '{'eggs': 'spam'}'
      '''
      if not isinstance(new_data, dict):
          if isinstance(ast.literal_eval(new_data), dict):
              new_data = ast.literal_eval(new_data)
          else:
              return False
  
      try:
          datastore_path = os.path.join(__opts__['cachedir'], 'datastore')
          with salt.utils.files.fopen(datastore_path, 'w+b') as fn_:
              serial = salt.payload.Serial(__opts__)
              serial.dump(new_data, fn_)
  
          return True
  
      except (IOError, OSError, NameError):
          return False
docs: Replace the entire datastore with a passed data structure
  
      CLI Example:
  
      .. code-block:: bash
  
          salt '*' data.dump '{'eggs': 'spam'}'