Module basics

After loading an application module, the base location of the application is set in an environment variable to provide quick access to any application help or example files bundled with the application. For example:

[alces-cluster@login1(hpc1) ~]$ module load apps/iozone/3.420/gcc-4.4.7 
apps/iozone/3.420/gcc-4.4.7
 | -- libs/gcc/system
 |    * --> OK
 |
 OK
[alces-cluster@login1(hpc1) bin]$ echo $IOZONEBIN
/opt/gridware/depots/eb291551/el6/pkg/apps/iozone/3.420/gcc-4.4.7/bin/
[alces-cluster@login1(hpc1) bin]$ cd $IOZONEBIN
[alces-cluster@login1(hpc1) bin]$ ls 
fileop  gengnuplot.sh  iozone  iozone_visualizer.pl  report.pl