santhosh_89 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks

I have downloaded a cpan module called Config::Abstract::Ini,It is available in my home directory and /usr/lib also.Default the @INC will have the /usr/lib path.But I want to take and use my home directory module.The path will be given from global values.If the values is empty,it should take default path(/usr/lib).If the home directory path is error,it should say an error. 

    if($path ne ''){
        unshift(@INC,"$path");
    }
    use Config::Abstract::Ini;

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NOTE: I used above code it is searching from default directory.even I would give wrong path in global value.

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Re: Lib path declaration
by GrandFather (Saint) on Oct 28, 2009 at 06:19 UTC

    use is compiled before other normal code. You have either to use require or edit the include path in a BEGIN block before the use:

    use strict;
use warnings;

BEGIN {
    if ($path ne ''){
        unshift @INC, $path;
    }
}

use Config::Abstract::Ini;

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    Note that $path must be set (probably in a previous BEGIN block) before being used as shown above.

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Re: Lib path declaration
by Anonymous Monk on Oct 28, 2009 at 06:16 UTC
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