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

Besides the already stated solutions:

1. use FindBin / lib
2. Perl Faq 8 How do I add a directory to my include path (@INC) at runtime?

'The simplest approach' (™) that I use while dev/testing a module prior to deploying it (in /usr/local/lib/site_perl/ or elsewhere in @INC) is to modify @INC before loading the module as follows:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
# Modify @INC prior to module loading.
BEGIN { unshift @INC, '.'; }
use YourModuleInCWD;

(Add current working directory to @INC? - PerlMonks)