lmodule is a Python API for Lmod module system. lmodule was originally part of buildtest and we decided that it could benefit the entire community for folks interested in using the API but not relying on buildtest. The documentation is built for version
Lmodule is a Python 3 API that allows you to interact with the module command provided by Lmod in a programmatic way. The API comes with three classes:
- Module: This class emulates the
modulecommand - Spider: This class runs the Lmod
spidercommand to retrieve all module records in json - ModuleLoadTest: This class automates
module loadof one or more module trees
Here are few reasons why you would want to use lmodule
- Currently, there is no Python API for Lmod, however there is a python interface
LMOD_CMD pythonby Lmod that requires parsing and output is cryptic. - Automates
module loadtest for each module in one or more module trees (Software Stack). This can be used to spot faulty modules in a large software stack. This type of test is meant to run using CI tool for continuous testing of module stack.
installation.rst module.rst spider.rst moduleloadtest.rst examples.rst api.rst
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