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authorSverker Eriksson <[email protected]>2016-10-26 17:37:35 +0200
committerSverker Eriksson <[email protected]>2016-10-26 17:37:35 +0200
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml
index ad7b2c5b85..a9b6a7e2c6 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
<funcs>
<func>
<name>run_erl [-daemon] pipe_dir/ log_dir "exec command
- [command_arguments]"</name>
+ arg1 arg2 ..."</name>
<fsummary>Start the Erlang emulator without attached terminal.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Arguments:</p>
@@ -92,11 +92,10 @@
</item>
</list>
</item>
- <tag><c>"exec command [command_arguments]"</c></tag>
+ <tag><c>"exec command arg1 arg2 ..."</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>In the third argument, <c><![CDATA[command]]></c> is the
- executable to execute where everything written to <c>stdin</c>
- and <c>stdout</c> is logged to <c><![CDATA[log_dir]]></c>.</p>
+ <p>A space-separated string specifying the program to be executed.
+ The second field is typically a command name such as <c>erl</c>.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
</desc>
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@
<section>
<title>Notes concerning the Log Files</title>
- <p>While running, <c>run_erl</c> (as stated earlier) sends all output,
+ <p>While running, <c>run_erl</c> sends all output,
uninterpreted, to a log file. The file is named
<c><![CDATA[erlang.log.N]]></c>, where <c>N</c> is an integer. When the
log is "full" (default log size is 100 KB), <c>run_erl</c> starts to log