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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml index 1bbde7f1e0..5d5bfb141f 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml @@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ <seealso marker="kernel:net_kernel">net_kernel(3)</seealso>. It is also ensured that <c><![CDATA[epmd]]></c> runs on the current host before Erlang is started. See - <seealso marker="epmd">epmd(1)</seealso>.</p> + <seealso marker="epmd">epmd(1)</seealso> and the + <seealso marker="#start_epmd"><c>-start_epmd</c></seealso> option.</p> <p>The name of the node will be <c><![CDATA[Name@Host]]></c>, where <c><![CDATA[Host]]></c> is the fully qualified host name of the current host. For short names, use the <c><![CDATA[-sname]]></c> flag instead.</p> @@ -463,6 +464,21 @@ flag and those running with the <c><![CDATA[-name]]></c> flag, as node names must be unique in distributed Erlang systems.</p> </item> + <tag><marker id="start_epmd"/><c>-start_epmd true | false</c></tag> + <item> + + <p>Specifies whether Erlang should start + <seealso marker="epmd">epmd</seealso> on startup. By default + this is <c>true</c>, but if you prefer to start epmd + manually, set this to <c>false</c>.</p> + + <p>This only applies if Erlang is started as a distributed node, + i.e. if <c>-name</c> or <c>-sname</c> is specified. Otherwise, + epmd is not started even if <c>-start_epmd true</c> is given.</p> + + <p>Note that a distributed node will fail to start if epmd is + not running.</p> + </item> <tag><marker id="smp"/><c><![CDATA[-smp [enable|auto|disable]]]></c></tag> <item> <p><c>-smp enable</c> and <c>-smp</c> starts the Erlang runtime @@ -660,11 +676,11 @@ <p>Sets the initial process dictionary size of processes to the size <c><![CDATA[Size]]></c>.</p> </item> - <tag><marker id="+hmqd"><c>+hmqd off_heap|on_heap|mixed</c></marker></tag> + <tag><marker id="+hmqd"><c>+hmqd off_heap|on_heap</c></marker></tag> <item><p> Sets the default value for the process flag <c>message_queue_data</c>. If <c>+hmqd</c> is not - passed, <c>mixed</c> will be the default. For more information, + passed, <c>on_heap</c> will be the default. For more information, see the documentation of <seealso marker="erlang#process_flag_message_queue_data"><c>process_flag(message_queue_data, MQD)</c></seealso>. |