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tfrayner
Hi,<p>I've just had to figure this out myself recently. The following feels like a bit of a hack, but it does work:
<code>
use File::Spec
# NB. File::Spec isn't actually required,
# but it's a good cross-platform solution
my @module_dir_array = File::Spec->splitpath(__FILE__);
my $filename = File::Spec->catpath(@module_dir_array[0,1],'file.txt'),
</code>
It uses the __FILE__ literal which always points at the current filename (see perldoc [perldata]). So you can put your file.txt file in the same directory as your module.pm and the module should always be able to find it.<p>Tim
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