Hello monks, I have a module I am trying to package for deployment. This module reads the contents of a configuration file which is in the module's directory.

Let's say the module name is acme.pm and the config file is acme.config. Both files are installed under <module_dir>/acme.

My problem is that I can't seem to figure out how to specify a path to that config file that the module will use once deployed. This works from the command line but does not work when the module is imported. (complains that it can't find "acme.config"): 
#!/usr/local/lib/perl

sub get_config {
    my $CONFIGPATH = 'acme.config';
    open (CONFIG,$CONFIGPATH) or die "$0: File '$CONFIGPATH': $!\n";
         undef $/;
         my $c=<CONFIG>;
    close CONFIG;
    return chomp($c);
        }

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I have also tried ./acme.config. I do not want to put a hard path in because this will surely break under various module installation schemas. The file is read-only and static, and I would prefer it live in the module directory.

I'm sure this is yet another answer that will make me feel like a primitive hack once it is patiently explained to me. Help?

In reply to Read a static file from module directory by l_millr

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