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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml index 0dfad2a112..c1ecbc7b77 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlsrv.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <comref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1998</year><year>2010</year> + <year>1998</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ </desc> </func> <func> - <name>erlsrv {start | stop | disable | enable} <service-name></name> + <name>erlsrv {start | start_disabled | stop | disable | enable} <service-name></name> <fsummary>Manipulate the current service status.</fsummary> <desc> <p>These commands are only added for convenience, the normal @@ -287,6 +287,21 @@ service actually is stopped. Enabling a service sets it in automatic mode, that is started at boot. This command cannot set the service to manual. </p> + + <p>The <c>start_disabled</c> command operates on a service + regardless of if it's enabled/disabled or started/stopped. It + does this by first enabling it (regardless of if it's enabled + or not), then starting it (if it's not already started) and + then disabling it. The result will be a disabled but started + service, regardless of its earlier state. This is useful for + starting services temporarily during a release upgrade. The + difference between using <c>start_disabled</c> and the + sequence <c>enable</c>, <c>start</c> and <c>disable</c> is + that all other <c>erlsrv</c> commands are locked out during + the sequence of operations in <c>start_disable</c>, making the + operation atomic from an <c>erlsrv</c> user's point of + view.</p> + </desc> </func> <func> |