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- package lib;
-
- use Config;
-
- my $archname = $Config{'archname'};
-
- @ORIG_INC = (); # (avoid typo warning)
- @ORIG_INC = @INC; # take a handy copy of 'original' value
-
-
- sub import {
- shift;
- foreach (reverse @_) {
- unshift(@INC, $_);
- # Put a corresponding archlib directory infront of $_ if it
- # looks like $_ has an archlib directory below it.
- unshift(@INC, "$_/$archname") if -d "$_/$archname/auto";
- }
- }
-
-
- sub unimport {
- shift;
- my $mode = shift if $_[0] =~ m/^:[A-Z]+/;
-
- my %names;
- foreach(@_) {
- ++$names{$_};
- ++$names{"$_/$archname"} if -d "$_/$archname/auto";
- }
-
- if ($mode and $mode eq ':ALL') {
- # Remove ALL instances of each named directory.
- @INC = grep { !exists $names{$_} } @INC;
- } else {
- # Remove INITIAL instance(s) of each named directory.
- @INC = grep { --$names{$_} < 0 } @INC;
- }
- }
-
- 1;
- __END__
-
- =head1 NAME
-
- lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
-
- =head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- use lib LIST;
-
- no lib LIST;
-
- =head1 DESCRIPTION
-
- This is a small simple module which simplifies the manipulation of @INC
- at compile time.
-
- It is typically used to add extra directories to perl's search path so
- that later C<use> or C<require> statements will find modules which are
- not located on perl's default search path.
-
-
- =head2 ADDING DIRECTORIES TO @INC
-
- The parameters to C<use lib> are added to the start of the perl search
- path. Saying
-
- use lib LIST;
-
- is I<almost> the same as saying
-
- BEGIN { unshift(@INC, LIST) }
-
- For each directory in LIST (called $dir here) the lib module also
- checks to see if a directory called $dir/$archname/auto exists.
- If so the $dir/$archname directory is assumed to be a corresponding
- architecture specific directory and is added to @INC in front of $dir.
-
- If LIST includes both $dir and $dir/$archname then $dir/$archname will
- be added to @INC twice (if $dir/$archname/auto exists).
-
-
- =head2 DELETING DIRECTORIES FROM @INC
-
- You should normally only add directories to @INC. If you need to
- delete directories from @INC take care to only delete those which you
- added yourself or which you are certain are not needed by other modules
- in your script. Other modules may have added directories which they
- need for correct operation.
-
- By default the C<no lib> statement deletes the I<first> instance of
- each named directory from @INC. To delete multiple instances of the
- same name from @INC you can specify the name multiple times.
-
- To delete I<all> instances of I<all> the specified names from @INC you can
- specify ':ALL' as the first parameter of C<no lib>. For example:
-
- no lib qw(:ALL .);
-
- For each directory in LIST (called $dir here) the lib module also
- checks to see if a directory called $dir/$archname/auto exists.
- If so the $dir/$archname directory is assumed to be a corresponding
- architecture specific directory and is also deleted from @INC.
-
- If LIST includes both $dir and $dir/$archname then $dir/$archname will
- be deleted from @INC twice (if $dir/$archname/auto exists).
-
-
- =head2 RESTORING ORIGINAL @INC
-
- When the lib module is first loaded it records the current value of @INC
- in an array C<@lib::ORIG_INC>. To restore @INC to that value you
- can say
-
- @INC = @lib::ORIG_INC;
-
-
- =head1 SEE ALSO
-
- AddINC - optional module which deals with paths relative to the source file.
-
- =head1 AUTHOR
-
- Tim Bunce, 2nd June 1995.
-
- =cut
-
-