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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml index 77bd952d41..f4c81d9c47 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> @@ -1015,6 +1016,49 @@ </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>, |