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Expand Up @@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ The container image can be used directly by Singularity (no prior download requi
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These provides space for the CernVM-FS cache, and an empty home directory to use in the container.

* Set the `$SINGULARITY_BIND` and `$SINGULARITY_HOME` environment variables to configure Singularity:
* Set the `$SINGULARITY_HOME` and `SINGULARITY_SCRATCH` environment variables to configure Singularity:
```shell
export SINGULARITY_BIND="/tmp/$USER/var-run-cvmfs:/var/run/cvmfs,/tmp/$USER/var-lib-cvmfs:/var/lib/cvmfs"
export SINGULARITY_HOME="/tmp/$USER/home:/home/$USER"
export SINGULARITY_SCRATCH="/var/lib/cvmfs,/var/run/cvmfs"
```

* Start the container using `singularity shell`, using `--fusemount` to mount the EESSI config and pilot repositories
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