Aukjan van Belkum <aukjan@gmail.com> wrote in
news:2cfac$4448e6d7$c2abfc64$11435@news2.tudelft.n l:
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> Well there is the $PERL5LIB variable which you can set in your
> environment, but Perl has its own internal library path which you can
> manipulate in your scripts: @INC. From your script you can add to this
> array by using the command: 'use lib '<path to modules>'
>
> You can see which paths it traverses by doing:
>
> perl -e 'join "\n", @INC'
>
> Hope this gets you going..
>
> -- Aukjan
>
> Julie Warden wrote:[color=green]
>> Group,
>>
>> I'm setting up Perl 5.8 on a Sun solaris 5.6 machine and have a
>> question about the $PATH variable.
>>
>> My installation is in /usr/local with subdirs:
>> perl is in bin
>> libraries are in lib/perl5
>>
>> lib/perl5 has 4 subdirs and these have subdirs, and some of these
>> have subdirs. In all I have about 1200 modules in more than 20
>> directories.
>>
>> Do I have to include all these directories in my path for perl to
>> find them? Is there a $LIB var for perl like with C? Will perl parse
>> dir trees for modules?
>>
>> If it isn't obvious, I have about 3 days experience with perl, so be
>> gentle.
>>
>> Any help appreciated,
>> Julie[/color][/color]
Aukjan,
Thanks! I also got some good info at the SunFreeWare site. This is a
good tip, and I'm anxious to use it.
Julie
