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Custom HPC software & tools from Wirawan. Primarily tailored toward ODU HPC sytems.
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WP-hpc-tools/lmod/ipython/startup
Wirawan Purwanto 5edd528511
* Saved a sample revised ipython module loader, to be used with 		2 years ago
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testbeds * Saved developmental notebooks to devise/test the "lmod_python_fix.py". 2 years ago
000-odurc-lmod.py.orig * Saved the original lmod_python.py and 2 years ago
000-odurc-lmod.py.rev3 * Saved a sample revised ipython module loader, to be used with 2 years ago
README.txt * Saved README.txt of the lmod_python fix (notes written to Minhao, 2020-06-09). 2 years ago
lmod_python.py.orig * Saved the original lmod_python.py and 2 years ago
lmod_python_fix.py * Third attempt to fix lmod "module" for ipython ("fix3") 2 years ago

README.txt 

Date: 2020-06-09

Purpose: troubleshoot & fix the ipython startup file
which caused issue.

The original setup (combined `000-odurc-lmod.py` and `lmod_python.py`)
have several issues:

* On Turing (vanilla ipython), could not find the module command.

* On Wahab (vanilla ipython), invoking the "module" command resulted
  in an error due to unset `LMOD_MANUAL_LD_LIBRARY_PATH` env var.

* On Wahab/OOD, the "module" command messed up all the symlinks in the
  specially prepared library dir (LMOD_MANUAL_LD_LIBRARY_PATH).
  As a result, all symlinks become circular links.

I fixed these files with the following improvements:

1) Allow the setup to work on both Wahab and Turing. (The new
   `lmod_python.py` needs to be installed somewhere on Turing;
   I made up the location to be
   `/cm/shared/applications/lmod/lmod/scripts/init`.

2) Fix the indefinite lengthening of `sys.path` as a result of
   "module" command invocation: now only the *changes* are updated
   onto `sys.path`. Still not perfect (see notes in the Python code)
   but should work ok for most cases.

3) As a result of fix #2 above, when we invoke `module("unload",
   A_MODULE)`, the paths associated with `A_MODULE` will also be removed.

4) Fix the "circular links" problem. If `LMOD_MANUAL_LD_LIBRARY_PATH`
   is not specified, it quietly ignores the symlink update process.

See if you like these changes---I suggest implementing them soon.

I found that the existing `000-odurc-lmod.py` is always overwritten
whenever I launch Jupyter on Wahab OOD. It was due to `before.sh` of
the OOD Jupyter notebook setup ... grrr. I know you assume that users
won't mess with this file (but I did, while doing all this testing).
I'll make my own workaround.