Afternoon, Bill - Tried your suggested:
my $mylib = '/includes/28ESP.pl'; require $mylib; And got the usual: Can't locate /includes/28ESP.pl in @INC This is getting curiouser and curiouser.... Douglass N. Loud President Integrated Information Systems, Inc. 292 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10001 212-714-3522 (office) 203-952-7108 (cell) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of $Bill Luebkert Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 4:28 AM To: Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com Subject: Re: Using canned subroutines with includes Ñåðãåé ×åðíèåíêî wrote: > Hello, Doug, > > Wednesday, July 06, 2005, 7:39:57 PM, You wrote: > > > DL> Thanks. I tried using > > DL> require "\\includes\\28ESP.pl"; > > DL> But got an error message of: > > DL> Can't locate \includes\28ESP.pl in @INC (@INC contains: > DL> C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib .) > > DL> The includes directory is in the same path as the code, along with the > DL> images directory that contains gifs and jpegs for the site. > > Try this: > > my $mylib = "includes\\28ESP.pl"; > eval "require $mylib"; This work's fine (if on smae drive) : my $mylib = '/includes/28ESP.pl'; require $mylib; Make sure the required script returns a true (eg: 1;). Add the <drive>: if not on the same drive. > And notice that in windows it's wrong when first symbol of path is > path delimiter. There must be or driveletter or dot or name of > file (or folder). E.g. > > "includes\\28ESP.pl" is good path the folder includes are in the > same folder as requiring script > ".\\includes\\28ESP.pl" also is good path and is the same as first > "\\includes\\28ESP.pl" wrong path -- ,-/- __ _ _ $Bill Luebkert Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (_/ / ) // // DBE Collectibles Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / ) /--< o // // Castle of Medieval Myth & Magic http://www.todbe.com/ -/-' /___/_<_</_</_ http://dbecoll.tripod.com/ (My Perl/Lakers stuff) _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs