in reply to What is the /auto/ directory used for?

Not related to the problem at hand, but in answer to what /auto/ is for -- it can also be used to store module/distribution-specific shared files, such as templates, data, etc. See File::ShareDir for examples.

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Re^2: What is the /auto/ directory used for?
by adamk (Chaplain) on Aug 20, 2006 at 21:30 UTC
    I should note also that the auto directory is specifically only for read-only files that are created at install-time, and not for any other sort of file. Once installed, nothing in auto will ever change.

    Although it was created originally for autosplit et al, the creation of File::ShareDir and related things has grown off this original purpose, as a place to put things that aren't libs, that are auto-generated or provided at install time.

    You may like to think of it as sort of like a Perl-specific platform-neutral version of /var/share on Unix.
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      Not /var/share. /usr/share is for read-only access.
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