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| author | Tristan Sloughter <[email protected]> | 2018-01-26 17:49:18 -0800 |
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| committer | Tristan Sloughter <[email protected]> | 2018-02-27 13:09:24 -0800 |
| commit | 1cf7851ccb002c95c0ef19a67807fb33895b723b (patch) | |
| tree | 5a4f99bcb1274c24a49b56029dd34d160added95 /system/doc/system_principles | |
| parent | d5239606a6dd10cd22fe868fe522816227b194ef (diff) | |
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update create_target.xmlsrc and release structure docs
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diff --git a/system/doc/system_principles/create_target.xmlsrc b/system/doc/system_principles/create_target.xmlsrc index f9b27ffc35..dc6cbbe980 100644 --- a/system/doc/system_principles/create_target.xmlsrc +++ b/system/doc/system_principles/create_target.xmlsrc @@ -263,6 +263,14 @@ os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/erl -boot /usr/local/erl-target/releases/FI current directory create not only the file <c>mysystem.rel</c>, but also file <c>sys.config</c>, the latter file is tacitly put in the appropriate directory.</p> + <p>However, it can also be convenient to replace variables in + within a <c>sys.config</c> on the target after unpacking but + before running the release. If you have a <c>sys.config.src</c> + it will be included and is not required to be a valid Erlang term + file like <c>sys.config</c>. Before running the release you must + have a valid <c>sys.config</c> in the same directory, so using + <c>sys.config.src</c> requires having some tool to populate what is + needed and write <c>sys.config</c> to disk before booting the release.</p> </section> <section> |