From 31d96fb4e8944227282cfd6a6c62f6e637351f5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Klaus Reuter <klaus.reuter@mpcdf.mpg.de> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 09:49:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add remark about source activate and shells --- README.md | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cfdff5a..c7dd2a8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,5 @@ # Condainer - Compressed Conda environments for HPC systems - - ## TL;DR - Quick start guide Condainer puts Conda environments into compressed (squashfs) images which makes @@ -33,6 +31,9 @@ shell session, sililar to plain Conda or to a Python virtual environment: source activate ``` +Please note that `source activate` will only work with bourne shells (e.g. +`bash` or `zsh`), not with the older C shells and korn shells. + ### Alternatively, run an executable from a compressed environment directly In case you do not want to activate the environment, you can run individual executables from the environment transparently, e.g. @@ -202,4 +203,4 @@ No installer is downloaded in case that variable is defined. Condainer is available under the MIT license at <https://gitlab.mpcdf.mpg.de/mpcdf/condainer> or <https://github.com/reuterk/condainer>. -Copyright © 2023- Klaus Reuter <klaus.reuter@mpcdf.mpg.de>, Max Planck Computing and Data Facility \ No newline at end of file +Copyright © 2023- Klaus Reuter <klaus.reuter@mpcdf.mpg.de>, Max Planck Computing and Data Facility -- GitLab