populating @INC

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Re: populating @INC by Fastolfe (Vicar) on Oct 20, 2000 at 04:08 UTC
The default value of `@INC` is set when Perl is compiled for your system and cannot be easily changed. Either set PERL5LIB in your /etc/profile (or some other global startup place), or recompile Perl to use your other locations.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: populating @INC by mitd (Curate) on Oct 20, 2000 at 05:01 UTC
In addition to Fastolfe's sage advice perl -V will detail all of your perl's compile-time info including whats included in @INC. Mitd -- Made in the Dark 'grey appears to be my favourite colour'	[reply]
RE: populating @INC by extremely (Priest) on Oct 20, 2000 at 08:13 UTC
To be a little more clear on this, the basic @INC list is compiled in to /usr/bin/perl or libperl.a or whatever. There isn't a file to edit as far as I know. As others mentioned, you need to recompile to remove items from the list and I know of no way to add them "globally" without doing the same. Actually, I've no idea how to knock one out at compile time either... I'm no help at all =( -- $you = new YOU; honk() if $you->love(perl)	[reply]