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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/configuration.rst b/lib/spack/docs/configuration.rst index add9150967..26df115567 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/configuration.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/configuration.rst @@ -405,6 +405,17 @@ Spack understands several special variables. These are: * ``$user``: name of the current user * ``$user_cache_path``: user cache directory (``~/.spack`` unless :ref:`overridden <local-config-overrides>`) +* ``$architecture``: the architecture triple of the current host, as + detected by Spack. +* ``$arch``: alias for ``$architecture``. +* ``$platform``: the platform of the current host, as detected by Spack. +* ``$operating_system``: the operating system of the current host, as + detected by the ``distro`` python module. +* ``$os``: alias for ``$operating_system``. +* ``$target``: the ISA target for the current host, as detected by + ArchSpec. E.g. ``skylake`` or ``neoverse-n1``. +* ``$target_family``. The target family for the current host, as + detected by ArchSpec. E.g. ``x86_64`` or ``aarch64``. Note that, as with shell variables, you can write these as ``$varname`` or with braces to distinguish the variable from surrounding characters: |