I spent some time with Super Search, looking for a way for a module to find its own location, but didn't have any luck. This is the best solution I could come up with:

MyModule.pm (self-locating module)
----------- 
package MyModule;

use strict;

my $inc_dir;

LOOP:
foreach my $inc (@INC)
{
    opendir(DIR, $inc) or next;
    while (my $module = readdir(DIR))
    {
        if ($module eq 'MyModule.pm')
        {
            $inc_dir = $inc;
            closedir(DIR);
            last LOOP;
        }
    }
    closedir(DIR);
}

print "MyModule found at: $inc_dir\n";

1;

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mymodule.plx (test script)
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#!/usr/bin/perl -w

# Test MyModule.pm

use strict;

use MyModule;

print "Done.\n";

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With this solution, there is a (IMHO small) chance for a race condition. Is there a better way to do this?

Impossible Robot

In reply to Module Self-Location by impossiblerobot

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