FindBin(3)

NNAAMMEE
       FindBin - Locate directory of original perl script

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
        use FindBin;
        use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib";

        or

        use FindBin qw($Bin);
        use lib "$Bin/../lib";

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       Locates the full path to the script bin directory to allow
       the use of paths relative to the bin directory.

       This allows a user to setup a directory tree for some
       software with directories <root>/bin and <root>/lib and
       then the above example will allow the use of modules in
       the lib directory without knowing where the software tree
       is installed.

       If perl is invoked using the --ee option or the perl script
       is read from STDIN then FindBin sets both $Bin and
       $RealBin to the current directory.

EEXXPPOORRTTAABBLLEE VVAARRIIAABBLLEESS
        $Bin         - path to bin directory from where script was invoked
        $Script      - basename of script from which perl was invoked
        $RealBin     - $Bin with all links resolved
        $RealScript  - $Script with all links resolved

KKNNOOWWNN BBUUGGSS
       if perl is invoked as

          perl filename

       and filename does not have executable rights and a program
       called filename exists in the users $ENV{PATH} which
       satisfies both --xx and --TT then FindBin assumes that it was
       invoked via the $ENV{PATH}.

       Workaround is to invoke perl as

        perl ./filename

AAUUTTHHOORRSS
       Graham Barr lt;bodg@tiuk.ti.com Nick Ing-Simmons
       lt;nik@tiuk.ti.com

CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT
       Copyright (c) 1995 Graham Barr & Nick Ing-Simmons. All
       rights reserved.  This program is free software; you can
       redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       Perl itself.

RREEVVIISSIIOONN
       $Revision: 1.4 $