Translations:Utiliser des modules/3/en

A "modulefile" contains the information needed to make an application or library available in the user's login session. Typically a module file contains instructions that modify or initialize environment variables such as PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH in order to use different installed programs. Note that the simple fact of loading a module doesn't execute the software in question. To learn the name of the program binary or the syntax for its use, you should read the documentation for this software. By using the module command, you shouldn't normally need to know the exact location or path of the software or library but you can nevertheless see such details about the module by means of the command module show <module-name>.