I have used Par::packer (specifically, the pp utility) to create standalone executables in the past. This is the first time I need to reference other files. My question really is two fold:

  1. How to reference a file included with --addfile myfile.txt option? The partial answer is that any file which is included in the stand-alone executable is placed in $ENV{PAR_TEMP}/inc directory. So, when running the EXE, I can get at the included file using that path. However, how can I make access to that file universal from both EXE and when running the script through the Perl interpreter (perl foo.pl myfile.txt) ?
  2. My EXE has the following in it 
    unless (my $return = do $script)
{
    warn "could not parse $script: $@"   if $@;
    warn "could not pull in $script: $!" unless defined $return;
    warn "could not execute $script"     unless $return;
}

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    and $script is a user specified argument (a la $ARGV[0]). When I run this directly through the interpreter, my pwd is the directory where I am currently located, so that the relative path to $ARGV[0] is correct. However, when I run the pp'd EXE, the pwd is the PAR directory and the relative path to $ARGV[0] is no longer correct. How can I reconcile that?

As always, thanks in advance!

P.S. I know the risks of do(tainted_input), but because this tool is intended for internal distribution only, safety is not a concern.

In reply to Par::Packer and paths by gri6507

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