Lmod Environment variables¶

Environment variables defined by Lmod startup files¶

LMOD_CMD : The path to the installed lmod command.

LMOD_DIRThe directory that contains the installed lmod: command. This environment variable is useful for running the spider command: i.e. $LMOD_DIR/spider. This is the libexec directory
LMOD_PKGThis the path the directory that contains the libexec,: init etc directories.

LMOD_ROOT : the parent directory of LMOD_PKG.

LMOD_sys : Typically what uname -s returns.

LMOD_VERSION : The current version of Lmod.

LMOD_SETTARG_FULL_SUPPORTIf this environment variable is set: then when the settarg module is loaded several shell functions are defined such as “targ”. See the Combining modules and build systems with settarg for more details.

LMOD_VERSION_MAJORThe current major version. If it is X.Y.Z: then X is returned (i.e. 10.14.17 -> 10) (exists for Lmod 5.1.5+)
LMOD_VERSION_MINORThe current minor version. If it is X.Y.Z: then Y is returned (i.e. 10.14.17 -> 14) (exists for Lmod 5.1.5+)
LMOD_VERSION_SUBMINORThe current subminor version. If it is X.Y.Z: then Z is returned (i.e. 10.14.17 -> 17) (exists for Lmod 5.1.5+)
ModuleToolThis environment variable is defined to be: Lmod. (exists for Lmod 8.4.7+) It is defined in Tmod version 4.7+ as “Modules”
ModuleToolVersionCurrent Version of Lmod (exists for Lmod: 8.4.7+). It also reports the version of Tmod as of version 4.7 or later.

See Configuring Lmod for your site for the list of env. variables that change the behavior of Lmod.