Question

I am writing Perl scripts and when I have too many functions, I usually move them all into a library (also good for code reuse). So I usually create a package (e.g. my_lib.pm) and add use lib 'path/to/lib'; use my_lib; to my script.

I wonder if it’s possible to skip the use lib 'path/to/lib';, which sometimes gives me trouble since I reorganize my directory hierarchy, and make Perl look for packages in the same dir where the script is running from.

Thank you.

Answer 1

First, i suggest you – “Never mess up with Core Perl and its libraries – never put your lib in among there”.

If you want your script look into current dir, then use like:

require "mylibrary/functions.pm";

where mylibrary is a dir that exists the same path as your caller script.