I have written a module, call it 'MyModule.pm'. The module sometimes needs to read a file 'myfile' that is associated with the module. I want to install the file in the same directory as the module, and have the module read it from there if it needs to. There actually could be up to a few hundred of these files, and I would typically need to read only one or two of them.

I am wondering if there is a simple way to find the file location so that I can open it. Here is what I am doing, and it works, but it looks strange to me, like maybe I am missing a more obvious or general technique. 

my $module_fn= $INC{'MyModule.pm'};
my ($vol, $dir, $fn)= File::Spec->splitpath($module_fn);
my $the_modules_file= $dir.'myfile';

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Is there a better way?

I need something that works with all the typical ways of using the module, for example having it in a directory specified in $PERL5LIB.

It should work perfectly the first time! - toma

In reply to Finding a file associated with a module by toma

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