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Re: installing data files with modules (Score:1)

by rhesa (5696)

I'd like to know if there's an official way to do this too. In the mean time, here's what I did.

I package the files like this:

lib/My/Module.pm /Module/my_data_file

cpan installs that just fine, and I can get at it from my module by mucking around with my entry in %INC. The last bit is ugly though, and I'd like to know how to improve it.

Here's the code I use to find my data file:
my $datafile_path = $INC{'My/Module.pm'}; $datafile_path =~ s!\.pm$!!;

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