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| author | Björn-Egil Dahlberg <[email protected]> | 2012-10-15 16:22:47 +0200 |
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| committer | Björn-Egil Dahlberg <[email protected]> | 2012-10-18 16:57:34 +0200 |
| commit | e6ea3b07e25b09481b010558f8bfdfb57dcbb85e (patch) | |
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doc: Document ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS behaviour
* heart reboot behaviour
* erl_crash.dump file write behaviour
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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml index 26d1e27822..2826d3d00a 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml @@ -71,6 +71,39 @@ timeout and try to reboot the system. This can happen, for example, if the system clock is adjusted automatically by use of NTP (Network Time Protocol).</p> + + <p> If a crash occurs, an <c><![CDATA[erl_crash.dump]]></c> will <em>not</em> be written + unless the environment variable <c><![CDATA[ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS]]></c> is set. + </p> + + <pre> +% <input>erl -heart -env ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS 10 ...</input></pre> + <p> + Furthermore, <c><![CDATA[ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS]]></c> has the following behaviour on + <c>heart</c>: + </p> + <taglist> + <tag><c><![CDATA[ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS=0]]></c></tag> + <item><p> + Suppresses the writing a crash dump file entirely, + thus rebooting the runtime system immediately. + This is the same as not setting the environment variable. + </p> + </item> + <tag><c><![CDATA[ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS=-1]]></c></tag> + <item><p> Setting the environment variable to a negative value will not reboot + the runtime system until the crash dump file has been completly written. + </p> + </item> + <tag><c><![CDATA[ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS=S]]></c></tag> + <item><p> + Heart will wait for <c>S</c> seconds to let the crash dump file be written. + After <c>S</c> seconds <c>heart</c> will reboot the runtime system regardless of + the crash dump file has been written or not. + </p> + </item> + </taglist> + <p>In the following descriptions, all function fails with reason <c>badarg</c> if <c>heart</c> is not started.</p> </description> |