relative paths in catalyst

holli has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Brethren,

I am writing a Catalyst application, that needs to access several files. Currently I'm doing this by using absolute paths.

Now I would like to use path names that are relative to the directory where the applications main module (myApp.pm) is. How can I find this directory?

Update:
When I run the app under mod_perl,
cwd returns "\xampp\apache", $Findbin::Bin returns "\xampp\apache\bin" and $0 returns "\xampp\apache\bin\apache.exe",

holli, /regexed monk/

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Re: relative paths in catalyst by LTjake (Prior) on Mar 28, 2006 at 15:49 UTC
You can use the `path_to` helper: `$c->path_to( 'bar', 'foo.txt' );` [download] See the docs for more info. -- "Go up to the next female stranger you see and tell her that her "body is a wonderland." My hypothesis is that she’ll be too busy laughing at you to even bother slapping you." (src)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: relative paths in catalyst by haoess (Curate) on Mar 28, 2006 at 15:17 UTC
~~`$c->config->{base}`~~ `$c->config->{home}` gives you the path, where YourApp lives. Perhaps you want `$c->config->{home} . '/lib'`? --Frank update: s/base/home/	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: relative paths in catalyst by holli (Abbot) on Mar 28, 2006 at 15:27 UTC
On my system, `$c->config->{base}` is empty :( holli, /regexed monk/	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: relative paths in catalyst by haoess (Curate) on Mar 28, 2006 at 15:31 UTC
O yes, sorry, it's `$c->config->{home}`. --Frank	[reply] [d/l]