---
name: "Modules::ModulesConf"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "systemconfigurator"
version: "1.20-1"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Modules::ModulesConf"
---

# Modules::ModulesConf(3pm)

setup for modules.conf

## NAME

Modules::ModulesConf - setup for modules.conf

## SYNOPSIS

```
 my $modulesconf = new Modules::ModulesConf(%vars);
```

```
 if ($modulesconf->footprint()) {
      $modulesconf->setup();
 }
```

```
 my @fileschanged = $modulesconf->files();
```

## DESCRIPTION

## METHODS

The following methods exist in this module:

- *footprint()*

  This method returns 1 if **/etc/modules.conf** is being used on the machine. The test succeeds and returns 1 in two cases: Case 1: /etc/modules.conf exists **and** /etc/modutils/aliases does not exist. Case 2: /etc/conf.modules **and** /etc/modutils/aliases both do not exist.

  Otherwise, this method will return undef.

## AUTHOR

```
  Sean Dague <japh@us.ibm.com>
  Joe Greenseid <jgreenseid@users.sourceforge.net>
```

## SEE ALSO

Hardware, Util::FileMod, perl