Making Perl "Config" Files... windows/apache

[IcEbLAze]

Alright, I've been looking for about an hour now on google for this answer and am getting a little frustrated. Here's the question:

In *nix, you can simply do a:

use "config.pm";

And if it's in the same directory as the rest of your files, it wont complain, and use the file with all my local/global variables. I want to do the same thing for windows, using apache on windows for a intranet box, however i keep returning errors on there.

Anyone know how to make an "include" or "config" file in active state perl/windows/apache?

Thanks

[alienSkull]

Anyone know how to make an "include" or "config" file in active state perl/windows/apache?

Thanks

All you need to do is add a line in the 'httpd.conf' that says:

Include myNewConfigFile.conf

This will include the other file. If it is not in the directory that your 'httpd.conf' is in you can specify the absolute position:

Include C:/data/Apache/conf/myNewConfigFile.conf

If you want to use this as a complete replacement for the 'httpd.conf' then make sure that the Include line is the only one in 'httpd.conf'

I hope this helps.

[IcEbLAze]

All you need to do is add a line in the 'httpd.conf' that says:

Include myNewConfigFile.conf

I hope this helps.

Hm, well it accepts .conf extensions, however it wont accept .pl or pm extensions. I think this is a finger in the right direction, however maybe i need to clarify a little more:

the config file i want to include is to put all my variables from my perl scripts. i.e.

my $blah = "foo";
our $blahblah = "foofoo";

basically a central "configuration" file for my program so i can change the variables all in one file.

That's pretty much the gist of the file i want to be "included"; and when i run my perl scripts over apache to see. ive tried:

do "config.pm";
use "config.pm";
require "config.pm";

etc.

I once had the server complain that it wasnt in the right path, so i tried putting the file into the path where the other module files are located, then i got an error saying that it couldnt open the file, however the permissions are set to 777.

oh windows, why must you frustrate me :(

Thanks for your help so far!