How to add a file to @INC path in perl

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Re: How to add a file to @INC path in perl by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 31, 2011 at 05:34 UTC
Files aren't added to `@INC`, directories are. For example, if `Porter.pm` was located in `/home/ikegami/perl5/lib`, I could do `use lib "/home/ikegami/perl5/lib"; use Porter;` [download] Keep in mind that if the package is `My::Porter` you, should place the file in `/home/ikegami/perl5/lib/My` and use `use lib "/home/ikegami/perl5/lib"; use My::Porter;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: How to add a file to @INC path in perl by prafulltc (Acolyte) on Aug 31, 2011 at 07:24 UTC
with -I option , you can add files to @INC at run time. `#!/usr/bin/perl -I/path-to-new-library/` [download] Regrds, Prafull	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: How to add a file to @INC path in perl by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 31, 2011 at 07:26 UTC
That's actually before compile-time. Good thing too, because it would be useless to change `@INC` at run time.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: How to add a file to @INC path in perl by DrHyde (Prior) on Aug 31, 2011 at 10:03 UTC
Re^2: How to add a file to @INC path in perl by Kc12349 (Monk) on Aug 31, 2011 at 22:42 UTC
I generally do much the same, but work from a relative path using the FindBin module. FindBin will give you the directory the script is running from. My additional libs are generally in a folder relative to this location as below. `use FindBin; use lib $FindBin::Bin . '/lib';` [download]	[reply] [d/l]