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| author | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2018-07-05 12:25:12 +0200 |
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| committer | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2018-07-05 12:25:12 +0200 |
| commit | 6bcb9b349db93834cec4cd763b103236b03d52d5 (patch) | |
| tree | a7b98a98d25457cc6f1485856337ca8a34db6ff4 /erts | |
| parent | a8da98f69b252aba6e6f31cd7217936204be45df (diff) | |
| parent | 99789794474140049a1939c4e4789b28dfe80e49 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 29b1d106cd..73800687b7 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -3772,13 +3772,6 @@ RealSystem = system + MissedSystem</code> If found, that driver is started. A driver runs in the Erlang work space, which means that it is linked with the Erlang runtime system.</p> - <p>When starting external programs on Solaris, the system - call <c>vfork</c> is used in preference to <c>fork</c> - for performance reasons, although it has a history of - being less robust. If there are problems using - <c>vfork</c>, setting environment variable - <c>ERL_NO_VFORK</c> to any value causes <c>fork</c> - to be used instead.</p> <p>For external programs, <c>PATH</c> is searched (or an equivalent method is used to find programs, depending on the OS). This is done by invoking |