Loading environment modules within a python script

Question

Is there a way for a python script to load and use environment modules? os.system(\'module load xxx\') doesn\'t work since it executes them in a subshell (at le

Answer 1

One of our admins was able to solve the problem for me using os.popen() calls to modulecmd:

cmd = os.popen('/path/to/modulecmd python load my-module')
exec(cmd)