> Greetings - > > I am having trouble locating and using modules that are not in the current > directory of a cgi script. For this test, I know the directory structure > looks like this: > > cgi-bin/test/test.cgi > cgi-bin/lib/DGStanLib.pm > > However, this script and the required modules may be used by others and I > cannot guarantee its location. As such, I want to locate a module located in > cgi-bin/lib to be "use"d by a cgi script in cgi-bin/test. Below are three > methods I've tried for doing this. The first, of course, explicitly names > the path to the module. This will not be possible to do. Mainly because I > cannot be sure of the path. In the second, I am trying to locate the cgi-bin > directory and build the path from there. "use lib", however, does not > expand variables, so the value of $mod_path is not being added to @INC. In > the third method, I've added FindBin. However, it is only going to locate > directories in cgi-bin/test. Again, though, even $Bin is not added to @INC. > Please help. This is very frustrating. >
I am assuming from your description that the path to 'lib' is always relative to the script location?? How about, use FindBin qw($Bin); use lib "$Bin/../lib"; This works for me, again, assuming 'lib' is always relative to 'test'. I take this one step further and place a 'lib' at the top level of the 'httpd' directory so that it may be used across multiple vhosts, then include a 'lib' just outside of the 'cgi-bin' as well so that it is not in a script aliased directory but can seem more vhost dependent. Tweaking the above to fit my format I use, use FindBin; use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../../lib"; use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib"; This also allows me to override any base module at a vhost specific level. Does this help? http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
