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authorDan Gudmundsson <[email protected]>2017-09-26 13:25:50 +0200
committerDan Gudmundsson <[email protected]>2017-09-27 16:02:15 +0200
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Do not load .erlang from current dir
It may be confusing that "hidden" .erlang is loaded from the current working directory. Use c:erlangrc([Dir1,..]) to search and load .erlang from other places than "$HOME/.erlang". Implies that c:erlangrc() needs to be documented.
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
index 71fe08d4e6..ae52d92a89 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
@@ -1633,8 +1633,7 @@
<tag>The <c>.erlang</c> startup file</tag>
<item>
<p>When Erlang/OTP is started, the system searches for a file named
- <c>.erlang</c> in the directory where Erlang/OTP is started. If not
- found, the user's home directory is searched for an <c>.erlang</c>
+ <c>.erlang</c> in the user's home directory is searched for an <c>.erlang</c>
file.</p>
<p>If an <c>.erlang</c> file is found, it is assumed to contain valid
Erlang expressions. These expressions are evaluated as if they were