Your question is slightly confusing, and as such, the answers so far are also broken.

Do you want:

  1. A module in the directory above where the script is located? or
  2. A module in the directory above the current working directory?
These are two very different questions, and require different answers. Hint: adding ".." to the @INC path (whatever way you do that) accomplishes #2 but not #1. And you mention CWD, which also hints at #2. But I really think you might want the answer to #1 instead, as that's usually the one that most people really end up needing.

As a way of understanding the difference, suppose I issued the following: 

cd /usr/tmp
/long/path/to/your/script with some args

[download]
Would you want to look in "/long/path/to/your" (#1) or "/usr" (#2)?

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker

In reply to Re: Referring to a module above the CWD by merlyn
in thread Referring to a module above the CWD by Spidy

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