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author | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2016-11-14 15:16:33 -0500 |
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committer | Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2016-11-15 21:41:38 +0700 |
commit | f9eac6965988c17d3b307bc5a2dc491ae8a75d64 (patch) | |
tree | cc663ebafae13ea7d9214a98ce86a271c0c769ad /system/modules/README | |
parent | 6c1ddc63381f7ac7d266b28965ae837b1f650996 (diff) |
system/modules: Fix README.
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diff --git a/system/modules/README b/system/modules/README index 4d2fe0c65ef07..03fca01a813d5 100644 --- a/system/modules/README +++ b/system/modules/README @@ -1,9 +1,16 @@ -The Environment Modules package provides for the dynamic modification of a user's environment via modulefiles. +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. +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. |