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I had the same problem when writing Acme::EyeDrops. I used the handy __FILE__, after I noticed its use in the Perl core Net::Config module. From Net/Config.pm: 

my $file = __FILE__;
$file =~ s/Config.pm/libnet.cfg/;

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This trick ensures that the configuration file, libnet.cfg in the example above, resides in the same directory as the Config.pm module.

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