How can my Perl script find its module in the same directory?

Question

I recently wrote a new Perl script to kill processes based on either process name / user name and extended it using Classes so that I could reuse the process code in other p

Answer 1

From perlfaq8, which answers "How do I add a directory to my include path (@INC) at runtime?". There are several other answers for questions around this issue too.

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How do I add a directory to my include path (@INC) at runtime?

Here are the suggested ways of modifying your include path, including environment variables, run-time switches, and in-code statements:

the PERLLIB environment variable

$ export PERLLIB=/path/to/my/dir
$ perl program.pl

the PERL5LIB environment variable

$ export PERL5LIB=/path/to/my/dir
$ perl program.pl

the perl -Idir command line flag

$ perl -I/path/to/my/dir program.pl

the use lib pragma:

use lib "$ENV{HOME}/myown_perllib";

The last is particularly useful because it knows about machine dependent architectures. The lib.pm pragmatic module was first included with the 5.002 release of Perl.