#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Config::IniFiles; my $cfg; BEGIN { $cfg = new Config::IniFiles( -file => 'settings.ini' ); $ENV{_MyCDBI} = join("\t", $cfg->val('Database', 'dsn'), $cfg->val('Database', 'Username'), $cfg->val('Database', 'Password') ); } use MyCDBI;