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Including/Using files...
Hello all,
I have some cgi scripts in my /cgi-bin directory on my server. I want
to have some utility-type scripts or packages in the same directory
for consolidation and ease of use. The problem is that when I use the
use directive, such as:
use "utility.pm";
I get an error that the file is not in the search path. I have even
tried prefacing it with "./" and it still does not work.
I guess I am lucky because I actually did get something to work, the
following:
BEGIN {$Defines::module_root = `./`;}
use lib "$Defines::module_root";
use utility;
Then in utility.pm I have to declare "package utility;"
Is there a better/easier/clearer way to do this? I am guessing that
all I did above was to add the current directory to the search path.
Thanks!
Shawn
Joined: 21 May 2004
Posts: 44
Including/Using files...
>>>>> "smhinchy" == smhinchy <shawn@...> writes:
smhinchy> I have some cgi scripts in my /cgi-bin directory on my server.
I would almost certainly bet that you do *not* have files in /cgi-bin,
next to /tmp and /var and /usr and /etc. You probably have them in a
directory that is accessed via a URL that looks like /cgi-bin. And
that`s quite a different thing.
smhinchy> I want
smhinchy> to have some utility-type scripts or packages in the same directory
smhinchy> for consolidation and ease of use. The problem is that when I use the
smhinchy> use directive, such as:
smhinchy> use "utility.pm";
smhinchy> I get an error that the file is not in the search path. I have even
smhinchy> tried prefacing it with "./" and it still does not work.
First, that`s a syntax error. Did you mean "require" instead of "use"?
And, even so, unless it`s somewhere in @INC, your "use" will not work.
What directories are in your @INC?
Also, package names (and therefore module names) that begin with a
lowercase letter are reserved for "pragma" that modify how Perl works:
not end-user code.
smhinchy> I guess I am lucky because I actually did get something to work, the
smhinchy> following:
smhinchy> BEGIN {$Defines::module_root = `./`;}
smhinchy> use lib "$Defines::module_root";
smhinchy> use utility;
smhinchy> Then in utility.pm I have to declare "package utility;"
Yes, "use lib" alters @INC. Other things alter @INC as well. (Again,
please fix the capitalization.)
smhinchy> Is there a better/easier/clearer way to do this? I am guessing that
smhinchy> all I did above was to add the current directory to the search path.
Unless you`re running as root, the current directory is already in the
search path, so something else is going on that you`re not reporting.
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--- In Perl_Official@yahoogroups.com, merlyn@s... wrote:
>
> >>>>> "smhinchy" == smhinchy <shawn@h...> writes:
>
> smhinchy> I have some cgi scripts in my /cgi-bin directory on my server.
>
> I would almost certainly bet that you do *not* have files in /cgi-bin,
> next to /tmp and /var and /usr and /etc. You probably have them in a
> directory that is accessed via a URL that looks like /cgi-bin. And
> that`s quite a different thing.
>
Actually it is /cgi-bin, right after /bin and before /conf. My http
files are in /httpdocs.
> smhinchy> I want
> smhinchy> to have some utility-type scripts or packages in the same
directory
> smhinchy> for consolidation and ease of use. The problem is that
when I use the
> smhinchy> use directive, such as:
>
> smhinchy> use "utility.pm";
>
> smhinchy> I get an error that the file is not in the search path. I
have even
> smhinchy> tried prefacing it with "./" and it still does not work.
>
> First, that`s a syntax error. Did you mean "require" instead of "use"?
>
I tried require and I get a 500 error.
> And, even so, unless it`s somewhere in @INC, your "use" will not work.
> What directories are in your @INC?
>
Can`t locate news.pm in @INC (@INC contains:
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.3
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.2
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl) at site.cgi line 9.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at site.cgi line 9.
> Also, package names (and therefore module names) that begin with a
> lowercase letter are reserved for "pragma" that modify how Perl works:
> not end-user code.
>
Thanks, I wasn`t aware of this. Fixed.
> smhinchy> I guess I am lucky because I actually did get something to
work, the
> smhinchy> following:
>
> smhinchy> BEGIN {$Defines::module_root = `./`;}
> smhinchy> use lib "$Defines::module_root";
> smhinchy> use utility;
>
> smhinchy> Then in utility.pm I have to declare "package utility;"
>
> Yes, "use lib" alters @INC. Other things alter @INC as well. (Again,
> please fix the capitalization.)
>
> smhinchy> Is there a better/easier/clearer way to do this? I am
guessing that
> smhinchy> all I did above was to add the current directory to the
search path.
>
> Unless you`re running as root, the current directory is already in the
> search path, so something else is going on that you`re not reporting.
>
Any suggestions? I would have expected my current directory to be in
the path, but it doesn`t appear to be. I stole the `use lib` idea
from another perl script that I had in my /cgi-bin directory.
Thanks,
Shawn
Joined: 06 Jan 2006
Posts: 3
Including/Using files...
You helped me track it down, and it was an error on my part. I don`t
know why, but I used the extension .pm instead of .pl.
require "./news.pl";
Works just fine. Thanks!
Shawn
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