Re: Instance of 'use lib' won't accept relative path

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Re^2: Instance of 'use lib' won't accept relative path by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 24, 2020 at 06:11 UTC
That won't work if you call the script via symlink. You need to use `$RealBin`. `use FindBin qw( $RealBin ); use lib "$RealBin/../lib";` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Instance of 'use lib' won't accept relative path by Lady_Aleena (Priest) on Aug 22, 2020 at 11:57 UTC
Is that the actual usage, or does something go in place of the `..`? In my case, the script is in `$HOME/bin` and the modules are in `$HOME/bin/flies/lib`. How would that change the usage, if there are any changes? My OS is Debian 10 (Buster); my perl versions are 5.28.1 local and 5.16.3 or 5.30.0 on web host depending on the shebang. *No matter how hysterical I get, my problems are not* time sensitive. So, relax, have a cookie, and a very nice day!** Lady Aleena	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Instance of 'use lib' won't accept relative path by haj (Vicar) on Aug 22, 2020 at 12:34 UTC
The usage from the SYNOPSIS is when you have a `bin` and `lib` sitting next to each other, e.g. in a typical CPAN distribution. In your case, that would be: `use FindBin qw($Bin); use lib "$Bin/flies/lib";` [download] `$Bin` is the directory where your Perl script started. Have a look at the edge cases in FindBin whether you need `FindBin::again` or `$FindBin::RealBin`, but I guess it will already work as given. I apologize for having used a misleading CPAN link in my first post: `FindBin` is in Perl core.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Instance of 'use lib' won't accept relative path by Lady_Aleena (Priest) on Aug 22, 2020 at 15:26 UTC
My brain took a vacation, I read the description several times and didn't get it. Also, both links have the same description, so that is okay. Thank you for the clarity. Have a nice day! My OS is Debian 10 (Buster); my perl versions are 5.28.1 local and 5.16.3 or 5.30.0 on web host depending on the shebang. *No matter how hysterical I get, my problems are not* time sensitive. So, relax, have a cookie, and a very nice day!** Lady Aleena	[reply]
Re^5: Instance of 'use lib' won't accept relative path by perlfan (Vicar) on Aug 23, 2020 at 01:12 UTC
Re^3: Instance of 'use lib' won't accept relative path by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Aug 22, 2020 at 13:27 UTC
BTW, probably you should rethink your layout. A lib shouldn’t be under `$HOME/bin/`. A better place might be `$HOME/lib/`. Like `/usr/local/bin` and `/usr/local/lib/`. Alternatively you could put the whole stuff under `/opt`. See also. Best regards, Karl «The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe» `perl -MCrypt::CBC -E 'say Crypt::CBC->new(-key=>'kgb',-cipher=>"Blowfish")->decrypt_hex($ENV{KARL});'`Help	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Instance of 'use lib' won't accept relative path by Lady_Aleena (Priest) on Aug 22, 2020 at 15:43 UTC
I used my layout for years, so it is what I'm used to doing. With most of my writing being for my site, I've kept things under one "roof". One of the bigger changes was getting my site work out of my `Documents` directory, finally, and shedding some of the last vestiges of my time using Windows. `../site ../site/files ../site/files/audio ../site/files/css ../site/files/data ../site/files/images ../site/files/lib` [download] So, I'd been using `../files/lib` (when under `Documents/www` and now just `site`) as the place where all the modules I wrote went, if they were for my site or not. However, recently I decided to move on from that structure a little bit. So, when I moved the few that really don't belong with my site, I moved them to where the scripts that did use them lived, in this case `bin`. So now I have... `../bin ../bin/files/data ../bin/files/lib` [download] For me, it makes it easier to work on scripts if their helpers were in the same directory as the script. Maybe one day I will get things together, but for now, this is the way I roll. My OS is Debian 10 (Buster); my perl versions are 5.28.1 local and 5.16.3 or 5.30.0 on web host depending on the shebang. *No matter how hysterical I get, my problems are not* time sensitive. So, relax, have a cookie, and a very nice day!** Lady Aleena	[reply] [d/l] [select]


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