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The Environment Modules package provides for the dynamic modification
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of a user's environment via modulefiles.
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2016-11-14 21:16:33 +01:00
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Each modulefile contains the information needed to configure the shell
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for an application.
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Once the Modules package is initialized, the environment can be
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modified on a per-module basis using the module command which interprets
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modulefiles. Typically modulefiles instruct the module command to alter or
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set shell environment variables such as PATH, MANPATH, etc. Modulefiles
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may be shared by many users on a system and users may have their own
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collection to supplement or replace the shared modulefiles.
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Modules are useful in managing different versions of applications. Modules
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can also be bundled into metamodules that will load an entire suite of
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different applications.
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