NAME File::Share - Extend File::ShareDir to Local Libraries SYNOPSIS use File::Share ':all'; my $dir = dist_dir('Foo-Bar'); my $file = dist_file('Foo-Bar', 'file.txt'); DESCRIPTION THis module is a dropin replacement for File::ShareDir. It supports the "dist_dir" and "dist_file" functions, except these functions have been enhanced to understand when the developer's local "./share/" directory should be used. NOTE: module_dist and module_file are not yet supported, because (afaik) there is no well known way to populate per-module share files. This may change in the future. Please contact me if you know how to do this. PROBLEM AND SOLUTION Module::Install has an "install_share" directive that allows you to install various files associated with a distribution. By convention, module authors always put these in a directory called "share/". However, File::ShareDir can only find files after they have been installed. This can be problematic when running development tests. File::Share will look for a local "share" directory, if it notices that the module corresponding was loaded from a development path. Devel::Local gives you an easy way to use a bunch of source repositories as though their lib and bin directories had already been installed. "File::Share" lets you play along with that. SEE ALSO * File::ShareDir * Devel::Local AUTHOR Ingy döt Net COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright (c) 2011. Ingy döt Net. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html