how is @INC set up

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Re: how is @INC set up by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 08, 2008 at 23:11 UTC
On non-Windows systems, the initial contents of `@INC` are hardcoded when Perl is built. On Windows systems, the initial contents of `@INC` are derived from the location of the `perl` executable. Env var `PERL5LIB` prepends to `@INC`. (See perlrun.) Perl command line option `-I` prepends to `@INC`. (See perlrun.) Perl module lib prepends to `@INC`. And `@INC` can be modified as any other array.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: how is @INC set up by planetscape (Chancellor) on Sep 09, 2008 at 07:04 UTC
I can't add much to what ikegami already said, but you might also wish to look at: %INC @INC require Changing @INC Changing @INC path detail If you just want to view the contents of `@INC`, the following script might be useful: `#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w # Display the contents of @INC warn "\@INC is: ", join(' ', @INC), "\n";` [download] HTH, planetscape	[reply] [d/l] [select]