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diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/environments.rst b/lib/spack/docs/environments.rst index 09d8f07af1..e2805e4f01 100644 --- a/lib/spack/docs/environments.rst +++ b/lib/spack/docs/environments.rst @@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ Using Environments Here we follow a typical use case of creating, concretizing, installing and loading an environment. -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -Creating a named Environment -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Creating a managed Environment +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ An environment is created by: @@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ Spack then creates the directory ``var/spack/environments/myenv``. .. note:: - All named environments are stored in the ``var/spack/environments`` folder. + All managed environments by default are stored in the ``var/spack/environments`` folder. + This location can be changed by setting the ``environments_root`` variable in ``config.yaml``. In the ``var/spack/environments/myenv`` directory, Spack creates the file ``spack.yaml`` and the hidden directory ``.spack-env``. |