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<comref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2015</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2016</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -387,6 +387,28 @@
<p>Replaces the path specified in the boot script. See
<seealso marker="sasl:script">script(4)</seealso>.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[-proto_dist Proto]]></c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Specify a protocol for Erlang distribution.</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>inet_tcp</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>TCP over IPv4 (the default)</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>inet_tls</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>distribution over TLS/SSL</p>
+ </item>
+ <tag><c>inet6_tcp</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>TCP over IPv6</p>
+ </item>
+ </taglist>
+ <p>For example, to start up IPv6 distributed nodes:</p>
+<pre>
+% <input>erl -name [email protected] -proto_dist inet6_tcp</input>
+</pre>
+ </item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[-remsh Node]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Starts Erlang with a remote shell connected to <c><![CDATA[Node]]></c>.</p>