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yaronb
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Oct 22, 2001, 9:04 AM

Post #1 of 5 (724 views)

@INC	Can't Post

How is the @INC directory (directory for module files)list determined ? How can you change it manually ?

Thanks,
Yaron.

yapp
User

Oct 25, 2001, 10:29 AM

Post #2 of 5 (713 views)

Re: @INC [In reply to]	Can't Post

I thought it was defined during compilation of the Perl interpreter.

This should do the trick in normal cases.
You maybe can pusp a new value into @INC, but that's more a hack.

So do:

Code

use lib '/a_total/new/searchpath';

S_Shrum
User

Oct 25, 2001, 3:50 PM

Post #3 of 5 (709 views)

Re: @INC [In reply to]	Can't Post

I believe (not sure) that:

Code

use lib '...';

may overwrite the @INC with only that which you pass.

Another way that APPENDS the path to the @INC is:

Code

BEGIN { unshift(@INC, 'pathtolibrary'); }

...where 'pathtolibrary' is your path to the location of your library.

Sean Shrum
sean@shrum.net
www.shrum.net

rGeoffrey
User / Moderator

Oct 27, 2001, 12:30 PM

Post #4 of 5 (704 views)

Re: @INC [In reply to]	Can't Post

Actually

Code

use lib 'pathtolibrary';

appends to the front of @INC and is precisely what would happen with

Code

BEGIN { unshift(@INC, 'pathtolibrary'); }

But the use lib version is the cleaner way to say it.

The other way to do it is to use the -I operator on the command line.

S_Shrum
User

Oct 27, 2001, 4:32 PM

Post #5 of 5 (701 views)

Re: @INC [In reply to]	Can't Post

Thanks...I think I clean my scripts up with that (since I am in the process of doing cleanup anyway Wink

).

Sean Shrum
sean@shrum.net
www.shrum.net

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