My guess is that you want to keep this stuff in Perl scripts because you only occasionally use this functionality. I would convert my scripts both to actual modules and in some cases methods that load via AutoLoader.

Main Script
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use lib qq~./mydir~;
require qq~./code.pm~;
#use Foo;

print Foo::foo();
1;

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Module
package Foo;
use AutoLoader 'AUTOLOAD';   # import the default AUTOLOAD subroutine
 
1;

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Autoloaded Stuff

Note that your .al files have to be in a particular directory. in this case it is here: ./mydir/auto/Foo/foo.al 

package Foo;

sub foo {
    return 'tastes so good...';
}

1;

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Try it Out
perl code.pl
tastes so good...

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In reply to Re: Looking for suggestions for accessing/running scripts needed by a local Perl library by InfiniteSilence
in thread Looking for suggestions for accessing/running scripts needed by a local Perl library by nysus

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