Re: How to create a reusable routine ?

Bronto,

I think Exporter will do the trick for me. Since I am new to perl, please ignore my little ignorance, I am bit confused regarding where should I place my authenticate.pm (intented name of the package!) Ideally I'd like to keep it under cgi-bin/lib dir, no prob in that but where I am stuck is how do I call this routine from other directories under cgi-bin? So to give an example, if I am writing another script under cgi-bin/monthSale/mSale.pm and want to call authenticate.pm in mSale.pm, how do I do this?

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Re: Re: How to create a reusable routine ? by snowcrash (Friar) on Apr 02, 2004 at 14:06 UTC
There's a special variable called @INC, it contains the paths in which perl looks for modules when you `use` one. An easy way to add directiories to @INC is the lib module. Just put these lines into the module/script that needs to call subroutines in authenticate.pm. `use lib '/path/to/your/module_dir'; # can be relative, too use authenticate.pm;` [download] snowcrash	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: How to create a reusable routine ? by bronto (Priest) on Apr 02, 2004 at 13:55 UTC
Well, I assume that you are calling your script `mSale.pl`, and not `.pm`. First of all, I strongly descourage you to put your libraries in any place where a web user can get. Said that, suppose you are putting your authenticate.pm in `/usr/lib/cgi`. Then you'll want to start your script with something such: `#!/usr/bin/perl use strict ; # ...and... use warnings ; # always! # let your cgi find authenticate.pm in /usr/lib/cgi... use lib '/usr/lib/cgi' ; # ...and you are safe ;-) use authenticate.pm # your CGI goes here :-)` [download] I hope this helps Ciao! `--bronto` The very nature of Perl to be like natural language--inconsistant and full of dwim and special cases--makes it impossible to know it all without simply memorizing the documentation (which is not complete or totally correct anyway). --John M. Dlugosz	[reply] [d/l] [select]