I have a library of subroutines. I can use this library with .pl perl programs, by using a fully qualified require statement.

However, when I try to use the same library, with the same require statement, in a .cgi script, I get this error:

Can't locate /opt/webhost/ims/reports/efk/Lib1/HtmlLib.pl in @INC

I have tried adding a use statement. I get the same error, but now when it tells me what is in @INC, it does show the directory I need. I tried with both the directory, and the filename (with full path) 
#!/usr/bin/perl
#-------
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);

use lib "/opt/webhost/ims/reports/efk/Lib1";
#use lib "/opt/webhost/ims/reports/efk/Lib1/HtmlLib.pl";
require "/opt/webhost/ims/reports/efk/Lib1/HtmlLib.pl";

$htmlstr= "Content-type: text/html

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN' 'http:/
+/www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd'>
<html>
<head>
<title>TEST HTML LIB</title>

</head>
<body>
THIS IS A TEST :-); Have a nice Day.
<br>";

$htmlstr .= "</body>
</htm>";

print $htmlstr;

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Software error: Can't locate /opt/webhost/ims/reports/efk/Lib1/HtmlLib.pl in @INC (@INC contains: /opt/webhost/ims/reports/efk/Lib1 /usr/lib64/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/x86_64-linux-thread-multi

The code works if I remove the require, since I have not yet added any calls to the subroutines in the file I am requiring. First I want to get past this error.

The require file works in a non cgi perl program, using just the require statement (without a use statement). In the non cgi version of the code (run at the linux prompt), I am able to call the subroutines in the require file, without error.

In reply to cgi, library of subroutines, use with require? by eileen0

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