do("X.pl"); has no effect with tain mode...?

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

Hello, As a requirement for a school project, taint mode must be enabled. But I find when I do enable taint mode with either -t or -T, subroutines found in the do("core.pl"); no longer work and are undefined. How can I continue to use do("X.pl"); along with taint mode?

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Re: do("X.pl"); has no effect with tain mode...? by almut (Canon) on Apr 15, 2009 at 00:26 UTC
Specify the path to the file: `do("/path/to/X.pl"); # or do("./X.pl");` [download] In taint mode, the `"."` directory is removed from the @INC paths (which are being searched when you specify a filename only).	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: do("X.pl"); has no effect with tain mode...? by expresspotato (Beadle) on Apr 15, 2009 at 01:24 UTC
Okay thanks! I think I tried that but I'll give it another go!	[reply]
Re: do("X.pl"); has no effect with tain mode...? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 15, 2009 at 02:29 UTC
subroutines found in the do("core.pl"); no longer work and are undefined. Not so. What actually happened is `do` returned an error and you ignored it. If you start having a problem, the first thing you should do is check for errors if you aren't already! That error is `do`'s inability to find the script, and the reason is the removal of "`.`" from `@INC` by taint mode.	[reply] [d/l] [select]