Return file basename on module-info name for full path modulefile
When module name is specified as a full pathname, the
module-info name
command used in modulefile was
returning the file basename on Modules compatibility version. Starting version
4 of Modules, the full pathname is returned when module is specified this way
as once loaded this module is identified by its full pathname. This recipe
describes a way to get back the behavior of Modules compatibility version for
the module-info name
modulefile command.
Implementation
Return file basename on module-info name
for modules
specified as full path modulefile is implemented by the use of a site-specific
configuration that supersedes the definition of the module-info
name
command to return modulefile basename instead of full
pathname.
# override 'module-info' procedure to return file basename for 'name' action
# when modulefile is specified as a full path file
rename ::module-info ::__module-info
proc module-info {what {more {}}} {
if {$what eq {name}} {
set name [currentModuleName]
if {[isModuleFullPath $name]} {
return [file tail $name]
} else {
return $name
}
} else {
return [__module-info $what $more]
}
}
Compatible with Modules v4.2+
Installation
Create site-specific configuration directory if it does not exist yet:
$ mkdir /etc/environment-modules
Then copy there the site-specific configuration script of this recipe:
$ cp example/module-info-name-return-basename/siteconfig.tcl /etc/environment-modules/
Note
Defined location for the site-specific configuration script may vary from
one installation to another. To determine the expected location for this
file on your setup, check the value of the siteconfig
option on Modules
version 4.3 or above:
$ module config siteconfig
On older version of Modules, check the modulecmd.tcl
script:
$ grep '^set g_siteconfig ' $MODULES_CMD
Usage example
With an info/name
modulefile that sets an environment variable with the
result of the module-info name
modulefile command:
#%Module
setenv MODNAME [module-info name]
Load info/name
by its full pathname then check value of the environment
variable set:
$ module load ./example/module-info-name-return-basename/modulefiles/info/name
$ echo $MODNAME
name