Thanks for your help. I had tried the use lib "path/to/module"; and use module; but it is still complaining about the use module part.
However, I took the easy route but may annoy structured folks, like perl is very structured. I put it in /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 It works! Yippee! Perl programming is cryptic anyway, isn't it? Just let the next programmer figure it out. just like, [EMAIL PROTECTED]&(2.3), that suppose to mean something ;) Just to keep on chugging, I'll take it out of there as soon as I can figure it out. I know it's probably a one liner in the httpd.conf file but I have mod_perl folks telling me to read the whole website! oh well, thanks. -rkl > > > --On Monday, September 29, 2003 23:53 -0700 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> -I've sent this to the mod_perl list but there seems to be no >> response. >> >> I got the module working in the current directory executing on the >> command line. But I have a problem calling a module in my mod_perl >> dir using apache on redhat 9. I have a mystuff.pm in the same >> directory as the calling perl program. I got it working running on >> the command line but in apache mod_perl, it can't find the module. > > Ok, I know nothing about mod_perl, but let's see what I can do. > First guess: mod_perl considers that 'the current directory' is > either itself or insecure. (Probably the latter: it is in this > context.) > >> Questions: >> - Where should the mystuff.pm be located in? >> - The only place i know about mod_perl configuration file is: >> /etc/httpd/conf.d/perl.conf. This contains the Alias and Directory >> directive. >> >> Error message: >> Can't locate mystuff.pm in @INC (@INC contains: >> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 >> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi >> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl >> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi >> /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl >> /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 .) > > Hmm. So it does seem to contain the current directory... (That > would be the '.' at the end.) Doesn't help much: We still don't know > *which* directory is the current directory. > > There are two or three things you could do here. First off, you > could put 'mystuff.pm' in one of the above directories. Don't really > recommend that, it confuses the user on what is written on your end > and what isn't, but it is possible. > > Secondly, you could see if there is a way to add to the @INC array in > mod_perl's config. I would assume so, but I have no clue... > > Third, you could add to @INC in your program file. The best way to > do this is to use the 'use lib' pragma. Syntax: 'use lib "$lib";' > where $lib is any perl expression that can be expanded into the > directory. (That means you can use variables, but only ones that > will have a value without running any of your program code...) Put > that in your program before you 'use' your module. > > To simplify: put 'use lib "/path/to/module";' before 'use module;' in > your main program and it should work. ;-) > >> Any help would be great. >> By the way, I just getting started with perl. >> -rkl > > Hey, I haven't even completed my first perl program yet. It just > happens that my first program is best written with three modules... > > Daniel T. Staal > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you > are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use > the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will > expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, > whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of > local copyright law. > --------------------------------------------------------------- > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]