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What is a Module?
A module is simply a text file (really a very simple tcl script) that makes modifications to your environment. It may set variables, paths or aliases. Instead of placing most environment settings in your shell's resource file or or a .alias file, all settings can be placed in these modules. Also, you can include any number of modules, so instead of one large file with all your settings, one's setup can be moved into seperate files, which helps to organize your environment resource files. Finally, courses or project groups can set up modules that make the simple environment changes they need to function, and anyone can include or remove these changes to their account by simply by adding or removing that module from their account. This will be explained in a minute.
Seth Proctor
1998-09-08