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author | Björn-Egil Dahlberg <[email protected]> | 2011-09-16 14:49:31 +0200 |
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committer | Björn-Egil Dahlberg <[email protected]> | 2011-09-16 14:49:31 +0200 |
commit | a3912421bf69ee2aae4e7c8c9a522478c2427120 (patch) | |
tree | e6a9e086b4b7628aad35caa05588d093853633ef /erts/doc/src | |
parent | f7d2fe5e4094cf135b950cc4eeab91adde1ac3f6 (diff) | |
parent | a6b27d639e5c7c85e765331cfe7befbe23c4954b (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'dev' into major
* dev:
Move init of smp rw mutex from init to sys_args to make sure that it is initialized before the first erts_sys_getenv call
Move erts_sys_env_init() to erts_sys_pre_init()
Remove _DEBUG from start_erl.c
Spelling correction in erlsrv doc
Convert windows start_erl to take rootdir on command line
Add command start_disabled to erlsrv
Add global lock for erlsrv to avoid races
Change start order so that service_event gets initialized before it's used
Conflicts:
erts/emulator/sys/win32/sys.c
Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc/src')
-rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml | 17 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/start_erl.xml | 29 |
2 files changed, 39 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml index 0dfad2a112..919caa9542 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ </desc> </func> <func> - <name>erlsrv {start | stop | disable | enable} <service-name></name> + <name>erlsrv {start | start_disabled | stop | disable | enable} <service-name></name> <fsummary>Manipulate the current service status.</fsummary> <desc> <p>These commands are only added for convenience, the normal @@ -287,6 +287,21 @@ service actually is stopped. Enabling a service sets it in automatic mode, that is started at boot. This command cannot set the service to manual. </p> + + <p>The <c>start_disabled</c> command operates on a service + regardless of if it's enabled/disabled or started/stopped. It + does this by first enabling it (regardless of if it's enabled + or not), then starting it (if it's not already started) and + then disabling it. The result will be a disabled but started + service, regardless of its earlier state. This is useful for + starting services temporarily during a release upgrade. The + difference between using <c>start_disabled</c> and the + sequence <c>enable</c>, <c>start</c> and <c>disable</c> is + that all other <c>erlsrv</c> commands are locked out during + the sequence of operations in <c>start_disable</c>, making the + operation atomic from an <c>erlsrv</c> user's point of + view.</p> + </desc> </func> <func> diff --git a/erts/doc/src/start_erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/start_erl.xml index 21cc901f52..6f6930af7e 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/start_erl.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/start_erl.xml @@ -69,12 +69,29 @@ <c><![CDATA[erl]]></c> program. Everything <em>after</em><c><![CDATA[++]]></c> is interpreted as options to <c><![CDATA[start_erl]]></c> itself.</item> <tag>-reldir <release root></tag> - <item>Mandatory if the environment variable <c><![CDATA[RELDIR]]></c> is not - specified. Tells start_erl where the root of the - release tree is placed in the file-system - (like <Erlang root>\\releases). The - <c><![CDATA[start_erl.data]]></c> file is expected to be placed in - this directory (if not otherwise specified).</item> + + <item>Mandatory if the environment variable + <c><![CDATA[RELDIR]]></c> is not specified and no + <c>-rootdir</c> option is given. Tells start_erl where the + root of the release tree is placed in the file-system (typically + <Erlang root>\\releases). The + <c><![CDATA[start_erl.data]]></c> file is expected to be + placed in this directory (if not otherwise specified). If + only the <c>-rootdir</c> option is given, the directory is + assumed to be <Erlang root>\\releases.</item> + + <tag>-rootdir <Erlang root directory></tag> + + <item>Mandatory if <c>-reldir</c> is not given and there is + no <c><![CDATA[RELDIR]]></c> in the environment. This + specifies the Erlang installation root directory (under + which the <c>lib</c>, <c>releases</c> and + <c>erts-<Version></c> directories are placed). If only + <c>-reldir</c> (or the environment variable + <c><![CDATA[RELDIR]]></c>) is given, the Erlang root is assumed to + be the directory exactly one level above the release + directory.</item> + <tag>-data <data file name></tag> <item>Optional, specifies another data file than start_erl.data in the <release root>. It is specified relative to the |