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

AUTHOR

       Ingy döt Net <ingy@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2011-2014. 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>