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From: Byron B. <byr...@pr...> - 2024-12-03 21:07:50
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If I use a puts command to set the variable, is there a way to have the module unset that value when I run module unload? Byron Boulton On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 2:59 PM, Xavier Delaruelle <[xav...@gm...](mailto:On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 2:59 PM, Xavier Delaruelle <<a href=)> wrote: > Hello Byron, > > Setting a multi-line value to an environment variable with "setenv" is > not possible with current version of Modules. I will look at > implementing such feature. > > As a workaround, you may use the "puts" command to craft the shell > command to define variable with such specific value: > > #%Module > puts stdout "export FOO='my\nmulti\nline\nvalue';" > > Regards, > Xavier > > Le mar. 3 déc. 2024 à 15:16, Byron Boulton via Modules-interest > <mod...@li...> a écrit : >> >> I need to set-env a variable with contents from a file. In bash I can do this with >> >> export FOO="$(cat /home/username/foofile.dat)" >> >> So far I tried various permutations like >> >> set fp [open "/home/username/foofile.dat"] >> set file_data [read $fp] >> close $fp >> set-env FOO "$file_data" >> >> But I always end up with a “command not found” message from bash trying to evaluate the second line of the file. This shows me that the module load must outputting a string to bash that is only setting the first line of the file to the variable FOO, then the subsequent file lines are getting dropped right to bash to evaluate. >> >> Does anyone have ideas on how I can set a multiline variable from the contents of a file? >> >> (Some keywords for future searchability in the archives: multiline, multi-line, newline) >> >> Byron > > _______________________________________________ > Modules-interest mailing list > Mod...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/modules-interest |
