Re: perl cant find it anymore!

You'll want to put beatnik's comment in a BEGIN block though, to ensure it's sorted before we start the getting to the nuts and bolts of things.

BEGIN {
          
          push(@INC,"/opt/perl5/lib/5.6.1");
  }

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Re: Re: perl cant find it anymore! by ariels (Curate) on Jun 18, 2001 at 19:42 UTC
You need to change `@INC` in a `BEGIN` block in order for it to affect use commands, since they take effect at BEGIN-time. But Octavian is using `require 'timelocal.pl';`, which takes place at run time (Octavian: you seem to be using some old code with some old syntax; are you sure there isn't something newer that might be easier to use?). So Beatnik's change of `@INC` at run time is enough, as long as it takes place before the `require`. Yet More Ways of setting `@INC` before your script starts running (and thus in time to affect both `use` and `require`): Add them to your shebang line: `#!/path/to/perl -w -I/opt/perl5/lib/5.6.1` [download] `use lib`: `use lib qw(/opt/perl5/lib/5.6.1);` [download] (this also works in a module, of course) Use either, not both! Either is preferable to manipulating `@INC` directly: it's clearer, and you get nicer behaviour simpler (e.g. beatnik's and Azatoth's code above adds the new directory as the last directory to be searched; you'd usually want to search it first).	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re: Re: perl cant find it anymore!
by ariels (Curate) on Jun 18, 2001 at 19:42 UTC

@INC

BEGIN

use

Octavian

require 'timelocal.pl';

Octavian

Beatnik

@INC

require

Yet More Ways of setting @INC before your script starts running (and thus in time to affect both use and require):

Add them to your shebang line:

#!/path/to/perl -w -I/opt/perl5/lib/5.6.1
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use lib:
```
use lib qw(/opt/perl5/lib/5.6.1);
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```
(this also works in a module, of course)

either

both

Either is preferable to manipulating @INC directly: it's clearer, and you get nicer behaviour simpler (e.g. beatnik's and Azatoth's code above adds the new directory as the last directory to be searched; you'd usually want to search it first).

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