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How to Use the System
Setting up your account to use the modules system is extremely easy. It requires only a few additional lines in your .cshrc (or appropriate file depending on which shell you use). The following lines should be added to the start of the file (note that if this is confusing, you can always look at the default dotfiles in /u/system/skel/user):
# if you're using something like ksh or sh, set up the
# SHELLNAME variable in the correct manner
if ($?tcsh) then
setenv SHELLNAME 'tcsh'
else
setenv SHELLNAME 'csh'
endif
setenv MODULESHOME /opt/modules
source $MODULESHOME/init/$SHELLNAME
module use /opt/modules/lib
module use /opt/modules/lib/courses
module load osdetect
module load browncs.$ARCH cs.$ARCH news openwin
and that's it. It is also possible to make Xdefault settings using the modules system in a similar manner in you .xinitrc file.
Next: A Walkthrough of the Up: The Modules System Previous: What is a Module? Seth Proctor
1998-09-08