# File::Share - phpMan

## 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>>