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diff --git a/guide/escript.html b/guide/escript.html index 77cffef..7ea67a2 100644 --- a/guide/escript.html +++ b/guide/escript.html @@ -34,11 +34,9 @@ div.navfooter{margin-bottom:1em} <main> <div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sfx.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="kerl.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr /></div><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="escript"></a>Chapter 11. Escripts</h2></div></div></div><p>Escripts are an alternative to release. They are meant to be -used for small command line executables written in Erlang.</p><p>They are not self-contained, unlike <a class="link" href="relx.html" title="Chapter 9. Releases">releases</a> -<a class="xref" href="relx.html" title="Chapter 9. Releases">Chapter 9, <em>Releases</em></a>. +used for small command line executables written in Erlang.</p><p>They are not self-contained, unlike <a class="link" href="relx.html" title="Chapter 9. Releases">releases</a>. Erlang must be installed for them to run. This however means -that they are fairly small compared to releases.</p><p>For self-contained executables, check <a class="link" href="sfx.html" title="Chapter 10. Self-extracting releases">self-extracting releases</a> -<a class="xref" href="sfx.html" title="Chapter 10. Self-extracting releases">Chapter 10, <em>Self-extracting releases</em></a>.</p><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_requirements"></a>11.1. Requirements</h2></div></div></div><p>Erlang.mk uses <code class="literal">p7zip</code> by default to generate the escript +that they are fairly small compared to releases.</p><p>For self-contained executables, check <a class="link" href="sfx.html" title="Chapter 10. Self-extracting releases">self-extracting releases</a>.</p><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_requirements"></a>11.1. Requirements</h2></div></div></div><p>Erlang.mk uses <code class="literal">p7zip</code> by default to generate the escript archive. Make sure it is installed. On most systems the package is named <code class="literal">p7zip</code>; on Ubuntu you need <code class="literal">p7zip-full</code>.</p><p>If <code class="literal">p7zip</code> is unavailable, <code class="literal">zip</code> may be used by setting the <code class="literal">ESCRIPT_ZIP</code> variable. For example:</p><pre class="programlisting">$ make escript ESCRIPT_ZIP=zip</pre></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_generating_an_escript"></a>11.2. Generating an escript</h2></div></div></div><p>Run the following command to generate an escript:</p><pre class="programlisting">$ make escript</pre><p>This will by default create an escript with the same name as |