Re^2: Problem using -I argument with Perl

Many thanks for the two replies.
I favoured the use lib option and tried to use this so that the code became.

use strict "vars";

my $inc_item;

use lib "C:\\perl-programs\\modules";

foreach $inc_item (@INC) {
print "$inc_item\n";

}
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This worked as required and gave the following from the print
C:\perl-programs\modules
C:/perl5/lib
C:/perl5/site/lib
.
I then tried to use a moudule in the new directory with a new line at the end of the code above of

use modules::test-module
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However, this did not worked as I then got the following
Can't locate modules/test.pm in @INC (@INC contains: C:\perl-programs\modules C:
/perl5/lib C:/perl5/site/lib .) at C:\perl-programs\test-inc-iarg.pz line 13.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\perl-programs\test-inc-iarg.pz line 13.

It seems that the lines are not processed in order so that it 'got' to the

use modules::test-module
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before the use lib line even though this nearer the beginning.
How can this be made to work?

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Re^3: Problem using -I argument with Perl by rinceWind (Monsignor) on Jan 10, 2007 at 19:19 UTC
Name your module with an underscore instead of a hyphen -- Oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ? My friends all rate Windows, I must disagree. Your powers of persuasion will set them all free, So oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ? (Missquoting Janis Joplin)	[reply]
Re^4: Problem using -I argument with Perl by merrymonk (Hermit) on Jan 11, 2007 at 08:16 UTC
That did it! Many thanks. I would never have guessed that was the problem. However, I do not understand why the print output in the main part came after the print from the module when the code lines were the other way around.	[reply]
Re^3: Problem using -I argument with Perl by MaxKlokan (Monk) on Jan 11, 2007 at 09:16 UTC
With the line `use modules::test-module;` [download] you are trying to use C:\perl-programs\modules\modules\test-module.pm I suspect you mean to use C:\perl-programs\modules\test-module.pm For that, the correct syntax is: `use test-module;` [download] because you directory C:\perl-programs\modules is already in the INC path.	[reply] [d/l] [select]