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| -rw-r--r-- | erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index c37ed3bea5..7926157fa5 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -1794,7 +1794,8 @@ os_prompt% </pre> </item> </taglist> <note><p>On many platforms, the OS supports only status - codes 0-255.</p></note> + codes 0-255. A too large status code will be truncated by clearing + the high bits.</p></note> <p>For integer <c><anno>Status</anno></c>, the Erlang runtime system closes all ports and allows async threads to finish their operations before exiting. To exit without such flushing, use |