Shouldn't my program have been able to require base if base is a preexisting module?

Yes it should. If doing require base gets you an error there is something wrong with your Perl installation since it has been core since Perl v5.005. What error did you get?

was able to find a different module (haven't played with the "base" one again), but I had to name it something different than what I had intended. (I had intended Nfs.pm, but that was never found, so I used "Nfs_module.pm", and it found that just fine). So I guess my question now becomes, why can't I use an arbitrary name for a perl module?

Nfs.pm is a valid module name and should work perfectly - what error did you get?

In reply to Re^3: can't find my module? by adrianh
in thread can't find my module? by arootbeer

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