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Diffstat (limited to 'erts/doc/src/erlang.xml')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 8dbebe880d..b40aae5d28 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -3826,6 +3826,12 @@ RealSystem = system + MissedSystem</code> </item> <tag><c>{env, <anno>Env</anno>}</c></tag> <item> + <p> + Types:<br/> + <c><anno>Name</anno> = </c><seealso marker="kernel:os#type-env_var_name"><c>os:env_var_name()</c></seealso><br/> + <c><anno>Val</anno> = </c><seealso marker="kernel:os#type-env_var_value"><c>os:env_var_value()</c></seealso><c> | false</c><br/> + <c>Env = [{<anno>Name</anno>, <anno>Val</anno>}]</c> + </p> <p>Only valid for <c>{spawn, <anno>Command</anno>}</c>, and <c>{spawn_executable, <anno>FileName</anno>}</c>. The environment of the started process is extended using @@ -3840,7 +3846,13 @@ RealSystem = system + MissedSystem</code> exception is <c><anno>Val</anno></c> being the atom <c>false</c> (in analogy with <seealso marker="kernel:os#getenv/1"><c>os:getenv/1</c></seealso>, - which removes the environment variable.</p> + which removes the environment variable. + </p> + <p> + For information about encoding requirements, see documentation + of the types for <c><anno>Name</anno></c> and + <c><anno>Val</anno></c>. + </p> </item> <tag><c>{args, [ string() | binary() ]}</c></tag> <item> |