What the "auto" in "lib" could be used for

Question

Say I have a module which will get eventually some day on CPAN. Is it ok to use the "auto" folder to store some default resources (templates, images etc.) that my module will use. The user of the module may decide locally to use his own resources, but the module should work out of the box whithout needing any configurations. Some tend to use the DATA section in the .pm file (even for binary data) but I prefer separate files. Is there a convention or best practice? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Don't use the /auto subdirectories for that. Use the File::ShareDir module to locate the appropriate directory for a module's shared files.