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| Modules are pretty easy when you get the hang of them. Basically all these ''%%$<VARIABLES>%%'' can be set in them, so that the user doesn't have to have big ''%%.bashrc%%'' entries. \\ As a starting point, look into the existing modulefiles at ''%%/cm/shared/modulefiles%%''. Whatever is listed here get read out on a ''%%module avail%%'' call. \\ | Modules are pretty easy when you get the hang of them. Basically all these ''%%$<VARIABLES>%%'' can be set in them, so that the user doesn't have to have big ''%%.bashrc%%'' entries. \\ As a starting point, look into the existing modulefiles at ''%%/cm/shared/modulefiles%%''. Whatever is listed here get read out on a ''%%module avail%%'' call. \\ | ||
| To write your own modules, take an existing modulefile (for all that //tcl// messaging at the beginning), and modify it according to [[http://modules.sourceforge.net/man/modulefile.html | this handy information]]. A workable template goes something like: \\ | To write your own modules, take an existing modulefile (for all that //tcl// messaging at the beginning), and modify it according to [[http://modules.sourceforge.net/man/modulefile.html | this handy information]]. A workable template goes something like: \\ | ||
| - | <code tcl> | + | <file tcl modtemplate> |
| - | Blah. | + | #%Module -*- tcl -*- |
| - | </code> | + | ## |
| + | ## dot modulefile | ||
| + | ## | ||
| + | proc ModulesHelp { } { | ||
| + | puts stderr "\tTell the user some help information here." | ||
| + | puts stderr "\tLike maybe list what the module does." | ||
| + | } | ||
| + | |||
| + | module-whatis "This gives the output from user@host> module whatis ****" | ||
| + | module-whatis "It can also be multilined." | ||
| + | |||
| + | ### Here, list modules that conflict (e.g. openmpi vs. intel-mpi), modules to pre-load, and modules that are prerequired. | ||
| + | conflict **** | ||
| + | module load **** | ||
| + | prereq **** | ||
| + | |||
| + | ### Here you can set variables, append and prepend paths. | ||
| + | set app_version <some number> | ||
| + | setenv app_ROOT /cm/shared/apps/<app dir> | ||
| + | append-path PATH /cm/shared/apps/.../<some path> | ||
| + | </file> | ||
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