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| author | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2017-11-27 20:07:57 +0100 |
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| committer | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2017-11-27 20:07:57 +0100 |
| commit | 2de02457c36d594f953efa0003186c8d5bbe7b41 (patch) | |
| tree | b58da6fe4faba75dc884f88a09680d7131d045fd /erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml | |
| parent | 7716381b10e23709b3c383e3fb5c8fcd579bf799 (diff) | |
| parent | 851d82dae27e89275b2a107f98b2fa7bd9c08a1e (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'sverker/run_erl-log-gen-doc' into maint
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml index a9b6a7e2c6..e4c1b943c4 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/run_erl.xml @@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ <item> <p>Controls the number of log files written before older files are reused. Defaults to 5, minimum is 2, maximum is 1000.</p> + <p>Note that, as a way to indicate the newest file, <c>run_erl</c> will + delete the oldest log file to maintain a "hole" in the file + sequences. For example, if log files #1, #2, #4 and #5 exists, that + means #2 is the latest and #4 is the oldest. You will therefore at most + get one less log file than the value set by + <c>RUN_ERL_LOG_GENERATIONS</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c>RUN_ERL_LOG_MAXSIZE</c></tag> <item> |