# Installing Fortran module files

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**Created:** [May 1, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/installing-fortran-module-files/1135 "2021-05-01T16:09:56Z")\
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> [@certik](#):
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> Are you thinking that in addition to this, they should also encode the name in the filename of the modulefile, something like `a.f90 -> lfortran_mod_a.mod` ?

Pretty much like Python encodes ABI versions in byte-compiled code or extension modules directly in the filename, just add a suffix or prefix which is impossible to produce with a Fortran module name, like `lfortran-a.mod` or `a-lfortran.mod` for example.

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