stas 2004/03/12 17:59:47
Modified: src/docs/1.0/guide snippets.pod
src/docs/general/perl_reference perl_reference.pod
Log:
good news: FindBin works under mod_perl
Revision Changes Path
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retrieving revision 1.14
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diff -u -u -r1.14 -r1.15
--- snippets.pod 21 Dec 2002 02:04:35 -0000 1.14
+++ snippets.pod 13 Mar 2004 01:59:47 -0000 1.15
@@ -438,7 +438,10 @@
C<BEGIN> block it won't work under mod_perl. It's loaded and executed
only for the first script executed inside the process, all the others
will use the cached value, which would be probably incorrect if they
-reside in different directories.
+reside in different directories. Perl 5.9.1 provides a new function
+C<FindBin::again> which will do the right thing. Also the CPAN module
+C<FindBin::Real> provides a working alternative working under
+mod_perl.
=head1 Watching the error_log File Without Telneting to the Server
1.4 +10 -6
modperl-docs/src/docs/general/perl_reference/perl_reference.pod
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retrieving revision 1.3
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diff -u -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- perl_reference.pod 15 Nov 2003 06:12:21 -0000 1.3
+++ perl_reference.pod 13 Mar 2004 01:59:47 -0000 1.4
@@ -1376,13 +1376,17 @@
scripts from development to a production server.
There is a module called C<FindBin> which solves this problem in the
-plain Perl world, but unfortunately it won't work under mod_perl,
-since it's a module and as any module it's loaded only once. So the
-first script using it will have all the settings correct, but the rest
-of the scripts will not if located in a different directory from the
-first.
+plain Perl world, but unfortunately up untill perl 5.9.1 it won't work
+under mod_perl, since it's a module and as any module it's loaded only
+once. So the first script using it will have all the settings correct,
+but the rest of the scripts will not if located in a different
+directory from the first. Perl 5.9.1 provides a new function
+C<FindBin::again> which will do the right thing. Also the CPAN module
+C<FindBin::Real> provides a working alternative working under
+mod_perl.
-For the sake of completeness, I'll present this module anyway.
+For the sake of completeness, I'll present the C<FindBin> module
+anyway.
If you use this module, you don't need to write a hard coded path. The
following snippet does all the work for you (the file is
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