John V. Pataki wrote:

> Bill and Randy,
> 
> No - I meant if my main is my_main.pl and my module is
> my_mod.pm .... what special variable in my_mod.pm will
> = "my_main.pl"
> 
> I found I can do this using 'caller'...
> 
> ($package,$filename,$line) = caller; # in my_mod.pm
> 
> and $filename = "my_main.pl"
> 
> I was looking for a special variable like $0 that
> would already have this value for $filename

Uh, that would still be $0 as I stated in previous post.
$0 will be the same when used in the module as it is
in main.

> I would think that __FILE__ would = "my_mod.pm" ...

Exactly.  But your Q was ambiguous at best.

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