You'll first have to decide if you want the current directory to end up in the beginning or in the end of your @INC search path. Flame already showed you how to get it in the end of @INC search path.

I'd definitely recommend doing this in a BEGIN block. That way you're sure it will be available for all modules used by your script. If not, you may loose track of what module uses the modified search path and what module doesn't.

The following will put the 'current directory' first (which is probably what you want in this case). 

BEGIN{unshift(@INC,'.');}

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Note. This can also be useful if you want to use a specific version of a system wide module on a box where the administrator doesn't want to upgrade to the latest and gratest of the module you're using. Or if they don't want to install that module at all. It will only make sense for no-binary modules, though.

f--k the world!!!!
/dev/world has reached maximal mount count, check forced.

In reply to Re: Breaking a script into smaller files by Biker
in thread Breaking a script into smaller files by John M. Dlugosz

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