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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# basic directory variables
+ENV_SETUP_DIR=`pwd`
+WORKING_DIR="$(dirname "$ENV_SETUP_DIR")"
+EXE_DIR="$(basename "$ENV_SETUP_DIR")"
+VENV_DIR=$WORKING_DIR/$1/$1
+shift                     # replaces $1 by $2, so that $@ does not include the name of the virtual environment anymore
+
+# sanity checks
+if [[ "${EXE_DIR}" != "HPC_scripts"  ]]; then
+  echo "ERROR: Run the setup-script for the enviornment from the HPC_scripts-directory!"
+  exit
+fi
+
+if ! [[ -d "${VENV_DIR}" ]]; then
+   echo "ERROR: Could not found virtual environment under ${VENV_DIR}!"
+   exit
+fi
+
+#expand PYHTONPATH
+# Include site-packages from virtual environment...
+unset PYTHONPATH
+export PYTHONPATH=${VENV_DIR}/lib/python3.8/site-packages/:$PYTHONPATH
+# ... dist-packages from container singularity...
+#export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages:$PYTHONPATH
+# ... and modules from this project
+export PYTHONPATH=${WORKING_DIR}:$PYTHONPATH
+export PYTHONPATH=${WORKING_DIR}/utils:$PYTHONPATH
+
+# Control
+echo "****** Check PYTHONPATH *****"
+echo $PYTHONPATH
+# MPI related environmental variables
+export PMIX_SECURITY_MODE="native"     # default would include munge which is unavailable
+
+$@