calling a module in a folder within current directory

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

Hi
i have a file callModule.pl located in folder rose on the desktop of windows xp,
i want this file to call a module SomeModule.pm located in folder myModules inside the folder rose. i can't make it to work, it is working when the module in the same folder of the callModule.pl
here is my experiment:
callModule.pl:

use strict;
use warnings;
use Cwd;
my $dir = getcwd;
my $file = $dir . "/myModules/" . "SomeModule.pm";
use $file;
print "I am in the main package\n";
SomeModule::func();
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the module SomeModule.pm:

package SomeModule;
use strict;
use warnings;

   sub func {
        print "I am in func in SomeModule\n";
    }

    1;
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thank you

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Re: calling a module in a folder within current directory by shmem (Chancellor) on Dec 07, 2009 at 14:13 UTC
SomeModule.pm located in folder myModules ...will be loaded via `use myModules::SomeModule;` [download] The module itself needs to state this namespace: `package myModules::SomeModule;` [download] Alternatively, you have to extend perl's search path (in callModule.pl): `use lib "rose/myModules";` [download] That way perl will search the folder "rose/myModules" for "SomeModule.pm" . The statement `use $file;` is illegal. The documentation for use states: "(...) Module must be a bareword."	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re: calling a module in a folder within current directory
by shmem (Chancellor) on Dec 07, 2009 at 14:13 UTC

SomeModule.pm located in folder myModules

...will be loaded via

use myModules::SomeModule;
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The module itself needs to state this namespace:

package myModules::SomeModule;
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Alternatively, you have to extend perl's search path (in callModule.pl):

use lib "rose/myModules";
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That way perl will search the folder "rose/myModules" for "SomeModule.pm" .

The statement use $file; is illegal. The documentation for use states: "(...) Module must be a bareword."

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