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diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/inets.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/inets.xml index f96ff5f8fb..2bb5427465 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/inets.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/inets.xml @@ -30,21 +30,21 @@ <rev></rev> </header> <module>inets</module> - <modulesummary>The inets services API</modulesummary> + <modulesummary>The Inets services API.</modulesummary> <description> <p>This module provides the most basic API to the - clients and servers, that are part of the Inets application, - such as start and stop. </p> + clients and servers that are part of the <c>Inets</c> application, + such as start and stop.</p> <marker id="common_data_types"></marker> </description> <section> - <title>COMMON DATA TYPES </title> + <title>DATA TYPES</title> <p>Type definitions that are used more than once in - this module: </p> - <p><c> service() = ftpc | tftp | httpc | httpd</c></p> - <p><c> property() = atom() </c></p> + this module:</p> + <p><c>service() = ftpc | tftp | httpc | httpd</c></p> + <p><c>property() = atom()</c></p> <marker id="functions"></marker> <marker id="services"></marker> </section> @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ <funcs> <func> <name>services() -> [{Service, Pid}]</name> - <fsummary>Returns a list of currently running services. </fsummary> + <fsummary>Returns a list of currently running services.</fsummary> <type> <v>Service = service()</v> <v>Pid = pid()</v> @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ <desc> <p>Returns a list of currently running services.</p> <note> - <p>Services started as <c>stand_alone</c> will not be listed.</p> + <p>Services started as <c>stand_alone</c> are not listed.</p> </note> <marker id="services_info"></marker> @@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ <func> <name>services_info() -> [{Service, Pid, Info}]</name> <fsummary>Returns a list of currently running services where - each service is described by a [{Option, Value}] - list. </fsummary> + each service is described by an <c>[{Option, Value}]</c> + list.</fsummary> <type> <v>Service = service()</v> <v>Pid = pid()</v> @@ -81,11 +81,10 @@ </type> <desc> <p>Returns a list of currently running services where each - service is described by a [{Option, Value}] list. The - information given in the list is specific for each service - and it is probable that each service will have its own info - function that gives you even more details about the - service.</p> + service is described by an <c>[{Option, Value}]</c> list. The + information in the list is specific for each service + and each service has probably its own info + function that gives more details about the service.</p> <marker id="service_names"></marker> </desc> @@ -107,14 +106,14 @@ <func> <name>start() -> </name> <name>start(Type) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Starts the Inets application. </fsummary> + <fsummary>Starts the <c>Inets</c> application.</fsummary> <type> <v>Type = permanent | transient | temporary</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Starts the Inets application. Default type - is temporary. See also - <seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso>. </p> + <p>Starts the <c>Inets</c> application. Default type + is <c>temporary</c>. See also + <seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso>.</p> <marker id="stop"></marker> </desc> @@ -122,10 +121,10 @@ <func> <name>stop() -> ok </name> - <fsummary>Stops the inets application.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Stops the <c>Inets</c> application.</fsummary> <desc> - <p>Stops the inets application. See also - <seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso>. </p> + <p>Stops the <c>Inets</c> application. See also + <seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso>.</p> <marker id="start2"></marker> </desc> @@ -134,32 +133,32 @@ <func> <name>start(Service, ServiceConfig) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, Reason}</name> <name>start(Service, ServiceConfig, How) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Dynamically starts an inets - service after the inets application has been started. </fsummary> + <fsummary>Dynamically starts an <c>Inets</c> + service after the <c>Inets</c> application has been started.</fsummary> <type> <v>Service = service()</v> <v>ServiceConfig = [{Option, Value}]</v> <v>Option = property()</v> <v>Value = term()</v> - <v>How = inets | stand_alone - default is inets</v> + <v>How = inets | stand_alone - default is inets.</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Dynamically starts an inets service after the inets - application has been started. </p> + <p>Dynamically starts an <c>Inets</c> service after the <c>Inets</c> + application has been started.</p> <note> - <p>Dynamically started services will not be handled by - application takeover and failover behavior when inets is - run as a distributed application. Nor will they be - automatically restarted when the inets application is - restarted, but as long as the inets application is up and - running they will be supervised and may be soft code - upgraded. Services started as <c>stand_alone</c>, - e.i. the service is not started as part of the inets - application, will lose all OTP application benefits such - as soft upgrade. The "stand_alone-service" will be linked to - the process that started it. In most cases some of the - supervision functionality will still be in place and in - some sense the calling process has now become the top + <p>Dynamically started services are not handled by + application takeover and failover behavior when <c>Inets</c> is + run as a distributed application. Nor are they + automatically restarted when the <c>Inets</c> application is + restarted. As long as the <c>Inets</c> application is operational, + they are supervised and can be soft code upgraded.</p> + <p>A service started as <c>stand_alone</c>, that is, the service + is not started as part of the <c>Inets</c> application, + lose all OTP application benefits, such as soft upgrade. + The <c>stand_alone</c>-service is linked to + the process that started it. Usually some + supervision functionality is still in place and in + some sense the calling process becomes the top supervisor.</p> </note> @@ -169,17 +168,17 @@ <func> <name>stop(Service, Reference) -> ok | {error, Reason} </name> - <fsummary>Stops a started service of the inets application or takes - down a "stand_alone-service" gracefully.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Stops a started service of the <c>Inets</c> application or takes + down a <c>stand_alone </c>service gracefully.</fsummary> <type> <v>Service = service() | stand_alone</v> - <v>Reference = pid() | term() - service specified reference</v> + <v>Reference = pid() | term() - service-specified reference</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Stops a started service of the inets application or takes - down a "stand_alone-service" gracefully. When the - <c>stand_alone</c> option is used in start, + <p>Stops a started service of the <c>Inets</c> application or takes + down a <c>stand_alone</c>-service gracefully. When option + <c>stand_alone</c> is used in start, only the pid is a valid argument to stop.</p> <marker id="see_also"></marker> |