Hi, I have the following components:
1. A package, /App/Package.pm . The task of the package includes opening a file.
package App::Package;
use File::Slurp;

sub get_config
{
    my $json = read_file("???/Config/Config.json");

        #...

       return $something;

}

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2. A config file, located in a subfolder: /App/Config/Config.json.

3. A script that can be located outside the directory structure. 

use lib 'Some/Random/Path/To/App';

my $result = get_config();

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My problem occurs when I try to read the config file; The problem is that I don't know the relative path between the package and the config file.
• I know that I can use FindBin to get the path to the executing script - But I want the package to figure out the path "on it's own". It should be aware of the path to the config file without depending on the calling script
• I also know that the path is available in @INC (via use lib...). But I don't know how to get the correct one from here. I guess that I could regex it, but...I'm looking for a more secure method to obtain it.

Any ideas?

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