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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml index 2fd804cd04..514ee5ffaf 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <comref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2010</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ <tag><c><![CDATA[-detached]]></c></tag> <item> <p>Starts the Erlang runtime system detached from the system - console. Useful for running daemons and backgrounds processes.</p> + console. Useful for running daemons and backgrounds processes. Implies + <c><![CDATA[-noinput]]></c>.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[-emu_args]]></c></tag> <item> @@ -541,6 +542,28 @@ <p>Calling <c>erlang:halt/1</c> with a string argument will still produce a crash dump.</p> </item> + <tag><c><![CDATA[+e Number]]></c></tag> + <item> + <p>Set max number of ETS tables.</p> + </item> + <tag><c><![CDATA[+ec]]></c></tag> + <item> + <p>Force the <c>compressed</c> option on all ETS tables. + Only intended for test and evaluation.</p> + </item> + <tag><c><![CDATA[+fnl]]></c></tag> + <item> + <p>The VM works with file names as if they are encoded using the ISO-latin-1 encoding, disallowing Unicode characters with codepoints beyond 255. This is default on operating systems that have transparent file naming, i.e. all Unixes except MacOSX.</p> + </item> + <tag><c><![CDATA[+fnu]]></c></tag> + <item> + <p>The VM works with file names as if they are encoded using UTF-8 (or some other system specific Unicode encoding). This is the default on operating systems that enforce Unicode encoding, i.e. Windows and MacOSX.</p> + <p>By enabling Unicode file name translation on systems where this is not default, you open up to the possibility that some file names can not be interpreted by the VM and therefore will be returned to the program as raw binaries. The option is therefore considered experimental.</p> + </item> + <tag><c><![CDATA[+fna]]></c></tag> + <item> + <p>Selection between <c>+fnl</c> and <c>+fnu</c> is done based on the current locale settings in the OS, meaning that if you have set your terminal for UTF-8 encoding, the filesystem is expected to use the same encoding for filenames (use with care).</p> + </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[+hms Size]]></c></tag> <item> <p>Sets the default heap size of processes to the size @@ -686,7 +709,7 @@ </p></item> </taglist> <p>Binding of schedulers is currently only supported on newer - Linux, Solaris, and Windows systems.</p> + Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, and Windows systems.</p> <p>If no CPU topology is available when the <c>+sbt</c> flag is processed and <c>BindType</c> is any other type than <c>u</c>, the runtime system will fail to start. CPU @@ -914,7 +937,7 @@ <item> <p>Set the distribution buffer busy limit (<seealso marker="erlang#system_info_dist_buf_busy_limit">dist_buf_busy_limit</seealso>) - in kilobytes. Valid range is 1-2097151. Default is 128.</p> + in kilobytes. Valid range is 1-2097151. Default is 1024.</p> <p>A larger buffer limit will allow processes to buffer more outgoing messages over the distribution. When the buffer limit has been reached, sending processes will be @@ -1002,6 +1025,49 @@ </section> <section> + <marker id="configuration"></marker> + <title>Configuration</title> + <p>The standard Erlang/OTP system can be re-configured to change the default + behavior on start-up.</p> + <taglist> + <tag>The .erlang Start-up File</tag> + <item> + <p>When Erlang/OTP is started, the system searches for a file named .erlang + in the directory where Erlang/OTP is started. If not found, the user's home + directory is searched for an .erlang file.</p> + <p>If an .erlang file is found, it is assumed to contain valid Erlang expressions. + These expressions are evaluated as if they were input to the shell.</p> + <p>A typical .erlang file contains a set of search paths, for example:</p> + <code type="none"><![CDATA[ + io:format("executing user profile in HOME/.erlang\n",[]). + code:add_path("/home/calvin/test/ebin"). + code:add_path("/home/hobbes/bigappl-1.2/ebin"). + io:format(".erlang rc finished\n",[]). + ]]></code> + </item> + <tag>user_default and shell_default</tag> + <item> + <p>Functions in the shell which are not prefixed by a module name are assumed + to be functional objects (Funs), built-in functions (BIFs), or belong to the + module user_default or shell_default.</p> + <p>To include private shell commands, define them in a module user_default and + add the following argument as the first line in the .erlang file.</p> + <code type="none"><![CDATA[ + code:load_abs("..../user_default"). + ]]></code> + </item> + <tag>erl</tag> + <item> + <p>If the contents of .erlang are changed and a private version of + user_default is defined, it is possible to customize the Erlang/OTP environment. + More powerful changes can be made by supplying command line arguments in the + start-up script erl. Refer to erl(1) and <seealso marker="init">init(3)</seealso> + for further information.</p> + </item> + </taglist> + </section> + + <section> <title>SEE ALSO</title> <p><seealso marker="init">init(3)</seealso>, <seealso marker="erl_prim_loader">erl_prim_loader(3)</seealso>, |