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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml index f62d3fb170..8da832ac37 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml @@ -250,6 +250,11 @@ environment variable <c><![CDATA[DISPLAY]]></c> set to <c><![CDATA[gin:0]]></c>.</p> </item> + <tag><c><![CDATA[-epmd_module Module]]></c> (init flag)</tag> + <item> + <p>Configures the module responsible to communicate to + <seealso marker="epmd">epmd</seealso>. Defaults to <c>erl_epmd</c>.</p> + </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[-eval Expr]]></c> (init flag)</tag> <item> <p>Makes <c><![CDATA[init]]></c> evaluate the expression @@ -393,9 +398,11 @@ <tag><c><![CDATA[-pa Dir1 Dir2 ...]]></c></tag> <item> <p>Adds the specified directories to the beginning of the code - path, similar to <c><![CDATA[code:add_pathsa/1]]></c>; see - <seealso marker="kernel:code"><c>code(3)</c></seealso>. - As an alternative to <c>-pa</c>, if several directories are + path, similar to <seealso marker="kernel:code#add_pathsa/1"> + <c><![CDATA[code:add_pathsa/1]]></c></seealso>. Note that the + order of the given directories will be reversed in the + resulting path.</p> + <p>As an alternative to <c>-pa</c>, if several directories are to be prepended to the code path and the directories have a common parent directory, that parent directory can be specified in environment variable <c>ERL_LIBS</c>; see @@ -1533,6 +1540,15 @@ </item> </taglist> </item> + <tag><c><![CDATA[ERL_CRASH_DUMP_BYTES]]></c></tag> + <item> + <p>This variable sets the maximum size of a crash dump file in bytes. + The crash dump will be truncated if this limit is exceeded. If the + variable is not set, no size limit is enforced by default. If the + variable is set to <c>0</c>, the runtime system does not even attempt + to write a crash dump file.</p> + <p>Introduced in ERTS 8.1.2 (Erlang/OTP 19.2).</p> + </item> <tag><marker id="ERL_AFLAGS"/><c><![CDATA[ERL_AFLAGS]]></c></tag> <item> <p>The content of this variable is added to the beginning of the @@ -1579,6 +1595,25 @@ </section> <section> + <marker id="signals"></marker> + <title>Signals</title> + <p>On Unix systems, the Erlang runtime will interpret two types of signals.</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>SIGUSR1</c></tag> + <item> + <p>A <c>SIGUSR1</c> signal forces a crash dump.</p> + </item> + <tag><c>SIGTERM</c></tag> + <item> + <p>A <c>SIGTERM</c> will produce a <c>stop</c> message to the <c>init</c> process. + This is equivalent to a <c>init:stop/0</c> call.</p> + <p>Introduced in ERTS 8.3 (Erlang/OTP 19.3)</p> + </item> + </taglist> + <p>The signal <c>SIGUSR2</c> is reserved for internal usage. No other signals are handled.</p> + </section> + + <section> <marker id="configuration"></marker> <title>Configuration</title> <p>The standard Erlang/OTP system can be reconfigured to change the default |