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

I have a module that I've created called testmodule.pm and I have it placed in a folder on my desktop. Is there a way to get Perl to find this module without including it in the @INC? Or do I have to include the path to this module in the @INC?
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Re: how to get a module to work in a specific directory
by FunkyMonk (Bishop) on Jul 20, 2008 at 22:57 UTC
    Can't you just use

    use lib '/directory/containing/your/pm';
use testmodule;

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    or

    BEGIN {
    require 'path/to/testmodule.pm';
    your::package::name->import;
}

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    see lib or use for more information

    Unless I state otherwise, all my code runs with strict and warnings
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Re: how to get a module to work in a specific directory
by shmem (Chancellor) on Jul 20, 2008 at 22:42 UTC

    Either way is fine. You can include the path of the module's directory in @INC or in the environment variable PERL5LIB (see perlrun). Or you can change directory in a BEGIN block prior to using the module: 

    BEGIN {chdir "/path/to/Desktop"}

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    since the current working directory (".") is in perl's search path.

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