[Modules] Using linux command in module file

[Patrick B. <Pat...@un...>]

Hi,

this is my first post on the list. I'm using module environment for a 
while, but I'm stuck to create a module for a specific software.

The sotfware requires some additional libraries managed with module 
environment so, for example, in my user module file I use:
if [ module-info mode load ] {
    module load GCC14/irl-2024.11.26
   }

to load this required irl-2024.11.26 module which is system wide.


Then, in my user's module file, I need to set a variable based on the 
environment set up with the above module. With bash I would write:

IRL_DIR=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix irl_fortran)

as the pkg-config path has been setup when loading the 
GCC14/irl-2024.11.26 module.

Is there a way to do this in my module file to ensure that the IRL_DIR 
variable will be set dynamicaly and correctly with the irl loaded module ?

Thank you for your advices.

Patrick