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author | Siri Hansen <[email protected]> | 2011-11-28 10:39:15 +0100 |
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committer | Siri Hansen <[email protected]> | 2011-12-01 16:15:24 +0100 |
commit | e10079c3793da3d0f6d76adaf38422cba63bc427 (patch) | |
tree | 33f7cd5fa249cf581827c84efabd4568dda3d27c /lib/sasl/doc/src/release_handler.xml | |
parent | e39c093f4cdc55084d27d378d64dd2bc464dec0b (diff) | |
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Fix minor faults in documentation of release handling
Fix typos or minor faults.
Move out code listing of target_system.erl, and use codeinclude
statement to include this file from sasl/examples directory.
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sasl/doc/src/release_handler.xml b/lib/sasl/doc/src/release_handler.xml index bd4a513750..e3438ede41 100644 --- a/lib/sasl/doc/src/release_handler.xml +++ b/lib/sasl/doc/src/release_handler.xml @@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ downgraded to the specified version by evaluating the instructions in <c>relup</c>. An installed release can be made <em>permanent</em>. There can only be one permanent release in - the system, and this is the release that is used if the system is - restarted. An installed release, except the permanent one, can be - <em>removed</em>. When a release is removed, all files that - belong to that release only are deleted.</p> + the system, and this is the release that is used if the system + is restarted. An installed release, except the permanent one, + can be <em>removed</em>. When a release is removed, all files + that belong to that release only are deleted.</p> <p>Each version of the release has a status. The status can be <c>unpacked</c>, <c>current</c>, <c>permanent</c>, or <c>old</c>. There is always one latest release which either has status @@ -107,16 +107,17 @@ old reboot_old permanent restarted. This is taken care of automatically if Erlang is started as an embedded system. Read about this in <em>Embedded System</em>. In this case, the system configuration file <c>sys.config</c> is mandatory.</p> - <p>A new release may restart the system. Which program to use is - specified by the SASL configuration parameter <c>start_prg</c> - which defaults to <c>$ROOT/bin/start</c>.</p> + <p>The installation of a new release may restart the system. Which + program to use is specified by the SASL configuration + parameter <c>start_prg</c> which defaults + to <c>$ROOT/bin/start</c>.</p> <p>The emulator restart on Windows NT expects that the system is started using the <c>erlsrv</c> program (as a service). Furthermore the release handler expects that the service is named <em>NodeName</em>_<em>Release</em>, where <em>NodeName</em> is the first part of the Erlang nodename (up to, but not including - the "@") and <em>Release</em> is the current release of - the application. The release handler furthermore expects that a + the "@") and <em>Release</em> is the current version of + the release. The release handler furthermore expects that a program like <c>start_erl.exe</c> is specified as "machine" to <c>erlsrv</c>. During upgrading with restart, a new service will be registered and started. The new service will be set to @@ -484,7 +485,7 @@ release_handler:set_unpacked(RelFile, [{myapp,"1.0","/home/user"},...]). <c>release_handler</c> to end up in an inconsistent state.</p> <p>No persistent information is updated, why these functions can be used on any Erlang node, embedded or not. Also, using these - functions does not effect which code will be loaded in case of + functions does not affect which code will be loaded in case of a reboot.</p> <p>If the upgrade or downgrade fails, the application may end up in an inconsistent state.</p> |