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diff --git a/system/modules/README b/system/modules/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4d2fe0c65e --- /dev/null +++ b/system/modules/README @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +The Environment Modules package provides for the dynamic modification of a user's environment via modulefiles. + +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. |