Environment Modules Updates

Improved Windows support

by Xavier Delaruelle
A new option to the ./configure script named --enable-windows-support is introduced to install additional files relative to the enablement of Modules on the Windows platform. When set, this option installs module.cmd, ml.cmd and envml...
new feature
v4.5

JSON format output

by Xavier Delaruelle
The -j and --json command line switches are added for the avail, list, savelist, whatis and search module sub-commands. When set, the output result of these sub-commands is rendered in JSON format: $ module avail --json bar | python...
new feature
v4.5

ml command

by Xavier Delaruelle
The ml command is added to Modules. ml is a frontend to the module command that reduces the number of characters to type to trigger module actions. With no argument provided ml is equivalent to module list, ml foo corresponds to module...
new feature
v4.5

Modules 4.3.1 released

by Xavier Delaruelle
Modules version 4.3.1 is out. This new release provides fixes for the issues found recently on the 4.3 serie. The changes introduced in this bugfix release are: Contrib: add mb script to bench Modules versions. Correct modulecmd.tcl...
release
bugfix
v4.3

Modules 4.3.0 released

by Xavier Delaruelle
Modules version 4.3.0 is out. This new version adds bunch of new features to tailor module to your needs. It is backward-compatible with previous version 4 releases and primarily adds features and fixes bugs. Major new features...
release
new feature
v4.3

Control module command verbosity

by Xavier Delaruelle
The ability to control message verbosity has been added so module command can be configured whether it should display more or less information. Available verbosity levels from the least to the most verbose are: silent: turn off error...
new feature
v4.3

Storing initialization config files in etcdir

by Xavier Delaruelle
When initializing the module command in a shell session, initialization configuration files stored in the defined configuration directory are taken into account if present instead of the configuration files stored in the initialization...
new feature
v4.3

Disabling shell startup file configuration

by Xavier Delaruelle
The MODULESSETSHELLSTARTUP environment variable is introduced to control whether or not shell startup file should be set to ensure module command is defined once shell has been initialized. When enabled, the ENV and BASHENV environment...
new feature
v4.3

Search matching style

by Xavier Delaruelle
The MODULESSEARCHMATCH environment variable is introduced to define the matching style to perform when searching for available modules. With starts_with value, modules whose name begins by search query string are returned. When search...
new feature
v4.3