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author Emmanuel N. Millán2015-08-21 18:41:10 +0200
committer Willy Sudiarto Raharjo2015-08-21 18:41:10 +0200
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+The Environment Modules package provides for the dynamic modification of a user's environment via modulefiles.
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+Each modulefile contains the information needed to configure the shell for an application.
+Once the Modules package is initialized, the environment can be modified on a per-module basis
+using the module command which interprets modulefiles. Typically modulefiles instruct the module command to
+alter or set shell environment variables such as PATH, MANPATH, etc. modulefiles may be shared by many users
+on a system and users may have their own collection to supplement or replace the shared modulefiles.
+Modules are useful in managing different versions of applications. Modules can also be bundled into
+metamodules that will load an entire suite of different applications.