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<title>systools</title>
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<module>systools</module>
<modulesummary>A Set of Release Handling Tools.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module contains functions to generate boot scripts
(<c>.boot</c>, <c>.script</c>), release upgrade scripts
(<c>relup</c>), and release packages.</p>
</description>
<funcs>
<func>
<name>make_relup(Name, UpFrom, DownTo) -> Result</name>
<name>make_relup(Name, UpFrom, DownTo, [Opt]) -> Result</name>
<fsummary>Generate a release upgrade file <c>relup</c>.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Name = string()</v>
<v>UpFrom = DownTo = [Name | {Name,Descr}]</v>
<v> Descr = term()</v>
<v>Opt = {path,[Dir]} | restart_emulator | silent | noexec | {outdir,Dir}
| warnings_as_errors</v>
<v> Dir = string()</v>
<v>Result = ok | error | {ok,Relup,Module,Warnings} | {error,Module,Error}</v>
<v> Relup - see relup(4)</v>
<v> Module = atom()</v>
<v> Warnings = Error = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Generates a release upgrade file <c>relup</c> containing a
script which describes how to upgrade the system from a number
of previous releases, and how to downgrade to a number of
previous releases. The script is used by
<c>release_handler</c> when installing a new version of a
release in run-time.</p>
<p>By default, <c>relup</c> is placed in the current working
directory. If the option <c>{outdir,Dir}</c> is provided,
<c>relup</c> is placed in <c>Dir</c> instead.</p>
<p>The release resource file <c>Name.rel</c> is compared with
all release resource files <c>Name2.rel</c> specified in
<c>UpFrom</c> and <c>DownTo</c>. For each such pair, it is
deducted:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>
<p>Which applications should be deleted, that is
applications which are listed in <c>Name.rel</c> but not
in <c>Name2.rel</c>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Which applications should be added, that is applications
which are listed in <c>Name2.rel</c> but not in
<c>Name.rel</c>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Which applications should be upgraded/downgraded, that
is applications listed in both <c>Name.rel</c> and
<c>Name2.rel</c>, but with different versions.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>If the emulator needs to be restarted after upgrading or
downgrading, that is if the ERTS version differs between
<c>Name.rel</c> and <c>Name2.rel</c>.</p>
</item>
</list>
<p>Instructions for this are added to the <c>relup</c> script in
the above order. Instructions for upgrading or downgrading
between application versions are fetched from the relevant
application upgrade files <c>App.appup</c>, sorted in
the same order as when generating a boot script, see
<c>make_script/1,2</c>. High-level instructions are translated
into low-level instructions and the result is printed to
<c>relup</c>.</p>
<p>The optional <c>Descr</c> parameter is included as-is in
the <c>relup</c> script, see <c>relup(4)</c>. Defaults to
the empty list.</p>
<p>All the files are searched for in the code path. It is
assumed that the <c>.app</c> and <c>.appup</c> file for an
application is located in the same directory.</p>
<p>If the option <c>{path,[Dir]}</c> is provided, this path is
appended to the current path. The wildcard <c>*</c> is
expanded to all matching directories.
Example: <c>lib/*/ebin</c>.</p>
<p>If the <c>restart_emulator</c> option is supplied, a
low-level instruction to restart the emulator is appended to
the relup scripts. This ensures that a complete reboot of
the system is done when the system is upgraded or downgraded.</p>
<p>By default, errors and warnings are printed to tty and
the function returns <c>ok</c> or <c>error</c>. If the option
<c>silent</c> is provided, the function instead returns
<c>{ok,Relup,Module,Warnings}</c> where <c>Relup</c> is
the release upgrade script, or it returns
<c>{error,Module,Error}</c>. Warnings and errors can be
converted to strings by calling
<c>Module:format_warning(Warnings)</c> or
<c>Module:format_error(Error)</c>.</p>
<p>If the option <c>noexec</c> is provided, the function returns
the same values as for <c>silent</c> but no <c>relup</c> file
is created.</p>
<p>If the option <c>warnings_as_errors</c> is provided, warnings
are treated as errors.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>make_script(Name) -> Result</name>
<name>make_script(Name, [Opt]) -> Result</name>
<fsummary>Generate a boot script <c>.script/.boot</c>.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Name = string()</v>
<v>Opt = src_tests | {path,[Dir]} | local | {variables,[Var]} | exref | {exref,[App]}]
| silent | {outdir,Dir} | warnings_as_errors</v>
<v> Dir = string()</v>
<v> Var = {VarName,Prefix}</v>
<v> VarName = Prefix = string()</v>
<v> App = atom()</v>
<v>Result = ok | error | {ok,Module,Warnings} | {error,Module,Error}</v>
<v> Module = atom()</v>
<v> Warnings = Error = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Generates a boot script <c>Name.script</c> and its binary
version, the boot file <c>Name.boot</c>. The boot file
specifies which code should be loaded and which applications
should be started when the Erlang runtime system is started.
See <c>script(4)</c>.</p>
<p>The release resource file <c>Name.rel</c> is read to find
out which applications are included in the release. Then
the relevant application resource files <c>App.app</c> are
read to find out which modules should be loaded and if and
how the application should be started. (Keys <c>modules</c>
and <c>mod</c>, see <c>app(4)</c>).</p>
<p>By default, the boot script and boot file are placed in
the same directory as <c>Name.rel</c>. That is, in the current
working directory unless <c>Name</c> contains a path. If
the option <c>{outdir,Dir}</c> is provided, they are placed
in <c>Dir</c> instead.</p>
<p>The correctness of each application is checked:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>
<p>The version of an application specified in
the <c>.rel</c> file should be the same as the version
specified in the <c>.app</c> file.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>There should be no undefined applications, that is,
dependencies to applications which are not included in
the release. (Key <c>applications</c> in <c>.app</c>
file).</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>There should be no circular dependencies among
the applications.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>There should be no duplicated modules, that is, modules with
the same name but belonging to different applications.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>If the <c>src_tests</c> option is specified, a
warning is issued if the source code for a module is
missing or newer than the object code.</p>
</item>
</list>
<p>The applications are sorted according to the dependencies
between the applications. Where there are no dependencies,
the order in the <c>.rel</c> file is kept.</p>
<p>All files are searched for in the current path. It is
assumed that the <c>.app</c> and <c>.beam</c> files for an
application is located in the same directory. The <c>.erl</c>
files are also assumed to be located in this directory, unless
it is an <c>ebin</c> directory in which case they may be
located in the corresponding <c>src</c> directory.</p>
<p>If the option <c>{path,[Dir]}</c> is provided, this path is
appended to the current path. A directory in the path can be
given with a wildcard <c>*</c>, this is expanded to all
matching directories. Example: <c>"lib/*/ebin"</c>.</p>
<p>In the generated boot script all application directories are
structured as <c>App-Vsn/ebin</c> and assumed to be located
in <c>$ROOT/lib</c>, where <c>$ROOT</c> is the root directory
of the installed release. If the <c>local</c> option is
supplied, the actual directories where the applications were
found are used instead. This is a useful way to test a
generated boot script locally.</p>
<p>The <c>variables</c> option can be used to specify an
installation directory other than <c>$ROOT/lib</c> for some of
the applications. If a variable <c>{VarName,Prefix}</c> is
specified and an application is found in a directory
<c>Prefix/Rest/App[-Vsn]/ebin</c>, this application will get
the path <c>VarName/Rest/App-Vsn/ebin</c> in the boot script.
If an application is found in a directory <c>Prefix/Rest</c>,
the path will be <c>VarName/Rest/App-Vsn/ebin</c>. When
starting Erlang, all variables <c>VarName</c> are given
values using the <c>boot_var</c> command line flag.</p>
<p>Example: If the option <c>{variables,[{"TEST","lib"}]}</c> is
supplied, and <c>myapp.app</c> is found in
<c>lib/myapp/ebin</c>, then the path to this application in
the boot script will be <c>$TEST/myapp-1/ebin"</c>. If
<c>myapp.app</c> is found in <c>lib/test</c>, then the path
will be <c>$TEST/test/myapp-1/ebin</c>.</p>
<p>The checks performed before the boot script is generated can
be extended with some cross reference checks by specifying
the <c>exref</c> option. These checks are performed with
the Xref tool. All applications, or the applications specified
with <c>{exref,[App]}</c>, are checked by Xref and
warnings are generated for calls to undefined functions.</p>
<p>By default, errors and warnings are printed to tty and
the function returns <c>ok</c> or <c>error</c>. If the option
<c>silent</c> is provided, the function instead returns
<c>{ok,Module,Warnings}</c> or <c>{error,Module,Error}</c>.
Warnings and errors can be converted to strings by calling
<c>Module:format_warning(Warnings)</c> or
<c>Module:format_error(Error)</c>.</p>
<p>If the option <c>warnings_as_errors</c> is provided, warnings
are treated as errors.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>make_tar(Name) -> Result</name>
<name>make_tar(Name, [Opt]) -> Result</name>
<fsummary>Create a release package.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Name = string()</v>
<v>Opt = {dirs,[IncDir]} | {path,[Dir]} | {variables,[Var]} | {var_tar,VarTar} | {erts,Dir} | src_tests | exref | {exref,[App]} | silent | {outdir,Dir}</v>
<v> Dir = string()</v>
<v> IncDir = src | include | atom()</v>
<v> Var = {VarName,PreFix}</v>
<v> VarName = Prefix = string()</v>
<v> VarTar = include | ownfile | omit</v>
<v> Machine = atom()</v>
<v> App = atom()</v>
<v>Result = ok | error | {ok,Module,Warnings} | {error,Module,Error}</v>
<v> Module = atom()</v>
<v> Warning = Error = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Creates a release package file <c>Name.tar.gz</c>. file.
This file must be uncompressed and unpacked on the target
system using the <c>release_handler</c>, before the new
release can be installed.</p>
<p>The release resource file <c>Name.rel</c> is read to find out
which applications are included in the release. Then
the relevant application resource files <c>App.app</c> are
read to find out the version and modules of each application.
(Keys <c>vsn</c> and <c>modules</c>, see <c>app(4)</c>).</p>
<p>By default, the release package file is placed in the same
directory as <c>Name.rel</c>. That is, in the current working
directory unless <c>Name</c> contains a path. If the option
<c>{outdir,Dir}</c> is provided, it is placed in <c>Dir</c>
instead.</p>
<p>By default, the release package contains the directories
<c>lib/App-Vsn/ebin</c> and <c>lib/App-Vsn/priv</c> for each
included application. If more directories, the option
<c>dirs</c> is supplied. Example:
<c>{dirs,[src,examples]}</c>.</p>
<p>All these files are searched for in the current path. If
the option <c>{path,[Dir]}</c> is provided, this path is
appended to the current path. The wildcard <c>*</c> is
expanded to all matching directories.
Example: <c>"lib/*/ebin"</c>.</p>
<p>The <c>variables</c> option can be used to specify an
installation directory other than <c>lib</c> for some of
the applications. If a variable <c>{VarName,Prefix}</c> is
specified and an application is found in a directory
<c>Prefix/Rest/App[-Vsn]/ebin</c>, this application will be
packed into a separate <c>VarName.tar.gz</c> file as
<c>Rest/App-Vsn/ebin</c>.</p>
<p>Example: If the option <c>{variables,[{"TEST","lib"}]}</c> is
supplied, and <c>myapp.app</c> is found in
<c>lib/myapp-1/ebin</c>, the the application <c>myapp</c> is
included in <c>TEST.tar.gz</c>:</p>
<pre>
% <input>tar tf TEST.tar</input>
myapp-1/ebin/myapp.app
...
</pre>
<p>The <c>{var_tar,VarTar}</c> option can be used to specify if
and where a separate package should be stored. In this option,
<c>VarTar</c> is:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>
<p><c>include</c>. Each separate (variable) package is
included in the main <c>ReleaseName.tar.gz</c> file. This
is the default.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p><c>ownfile</c>. Each separate (variable) package is
generated as separate files in the same directory as
the <c>ReleaseName.tar.gz</c> file.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p><c>omit</c>. No separate (variable) packages are
generated and applications which are found underneath a
variable directory are ignored.</p>
</item>
</list>
<p>A directory called <c>releases</c> is also included in
the release package, containing <c>Name.rel</c> and a
subdirectory called <c>RelVsn</c>. <c>RelVsn</c> is
the release version as specified in <c>Name.rel</c>.</p>
<p><c>releases/RelVsn</c> contains the boot script
<c>Name.boot</c> renamed to <c>start.boot</c> and, if found,
the files <c>relup</c> and <c>sys.config</c>. These files
are searched for in the same directory as <c>Name.rel</c>,
in the current working directory, and in any directories
specified using the <c>path</c> option.</p>
<p>If the release package should contain a new Erlang runtime
system, the <c>bin</c> directory of the specified runtime
system <c>{erts,Dir}</c> is copied to <c>erts-ErtsVsn/bin</c>.</p>
<p>All checks performed with the <c>make_script</c> function
are performed before the release package is created. The
<c>src_tests</c> and <c>exref</c> options are also
valid here.</p>
<p>The return value and the handling of errors and warnings
are the same as described for <c>make_script</c> above.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>script2boot(File) -> ok | error</name>
<fsummary>Generate a binary version of a boot script.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>File = string()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>The Erlang runtime system requires that the contents of
the script used to boot the system is a binary Erlang term.
This function transforms the <c>File.script</c> boot script
to a binary term which is stored in the file <c>File.boot</c>.</p>
<p>A boot script generated using the <c>make_script</c>
function is already transformed to the binary form.</p>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>
<section>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<p>app(4), appup(4), erl(1), rel(4), release_handler(3), relup(4),
script(4)</p>
</section>
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