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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/ftp.xml | 467 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/http_uri.xml | 96 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml | 658 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml | 986 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/httpd_socket.xml | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/httpd_util.xml | 177 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/inets.xml | 93 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/mod_alias.xml | 58 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/mod_auth.xml | 260 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/mod_esi.xml | 73 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml | 106 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/ref_man.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/tftp.xml | 325 |
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diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/ftp.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/ftp.xml index f3d4a5c45d..2e6176d011 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/ftp.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/ftp.xml @@ -30,95 +30,94 @@ <file>ftp.xml</file> </header> <module>ftp</module> - <modulesummary>A File Transfer Protocol client</modulesummary> + <modulesummary>A File Transfer Protocol client.</modulesummary> <description> - <p>The <c>ftp</c> module implements a client for file transfer - according to a subset of the File Transfer Protocol (see <term - id="RFC"></term>959). </p> + <p>This module implements a client for file transfer + according to a subset of the File Transfer Protocol (FTP), see + <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc959.txt">RFC 959</url>.</p> - <p>Starting from inets version 4.4.1 the ftp - client will always try to use passive ftp mode and only resort - to active ftp mode if this fails. There is a start option - <seealso marker="#mode">mode</seealso> where this default behavior - may be changed. </p> + <p>As from <c>Inets</c> 4.4.1, the FTP + client always tries to use passive FTP mode and only resort + to active FTP mode if this fails. This default behavior can be + changed by start option <seealso marker="#mode">mode</seealso>.</p> <marker id="two_start"></marker> - <p>There are two ways to start an ftp client. One is using the - <seealso marker="#service_start">Inets service framework</seealso> - and the other is to start it directy as a standalone process - using the <seealso marker="#open">open</seealso> function. </p> + <p>An FTP client can be started in two ways. One is using the + <seealso marker="#service_start">Inets service framework</seealso>, + the other is to start it directly as a standalone process + using function <seealso marker="#open">open</seealso>.</p> - <p>For a simple example of an ftp session see - <seealso marker="ftp_client">Inets User's Guide.</seealso></p> + <p>For a simple example of an FTP session, see + <seealso marker="ftp_client">Inets User's Guide</seealso>.</p> <p>In addition to the ordinary functions for receiving and sending - files (see <c>recv/2</c>, <c>recv/3</c>, <c>send/2</c> and + files (see <c>recv/2</c>, <c>recv/3</c>, <c>send/2</c>, and <c>send/3</c>) there are functions for receiving remote files as - binaries (see <c>recv_bin/2</c>) and for sending binaries to to be + binaries (see <c>recv_bin/2</c>) and for sending binaries to be stored as remote files (see <c>send_bin/3</c>).</p> - <p>There is also a set of functions for sending and receiving - contiguous parts of a file to be stored in a remote file (for send - see <c>send_chunk_start/2</c>, <c>send_chunk/2</c> and - <c>send_chunk_end/1</c> and for receive see + <p>A set of functions is provvided for sending and receiving + contiguous parts of a file to be stored in a remote file. For send, + see <c>send_chunk_start/2</c>, <c>send_chunk/2</c>, and + <c>send_chunk_end/1</c>. For receive, see <c>recv_chunk_start/2</c> and <c>recv_chunk/</c>).</p> - <p>The particular return values of the functions below depend very + <p>The return values of the following functions depend much on the implementation of the FTP server at the remote - host. In particular the results from <c>ls</c> and <c>nlist</c> + host. In particular, the results from <c>ls</c> and <c>nlist</c> varies. Often real errors are not reported as errors by <c>ls</c>, - even if for instance a file or directory does not + even if, for example, a file or directory does not exist. <c>nlist</c> is usually more strict, but some implementations have the peculiar behaviour of responding with an - error, if the request is a listing of the contents of directory - which exists but is empty.</p> + error if the request is a listing of the contents of a directory + that exists but is empty.</p> <marker id="service_start"></marker> </description> <section> - <title>FTP CLIENT SERVICE START/STOP </title> + <title>FTP CLIENT SERVICE START/STOP</title> <p>The FTP client can be started and stopped dynamically in runtime by - calling the Inets application API + calling the <c>Inets</c> application API <c>inets:start(ftpc, ServiceConfig)</c>, or <c>inets:start(ftpc, ServiceConfig, How)</c>, and <c>inets:stop(ftpc, Pid)</c>. - See <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso> for more info. </p> - <p>Below follows a description of - the available configuration options.</p> + For details, see <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso>.</p> + + <p>The available configuration options are as follows:</p> <taglist> <tag>{host, Host}</tag> <item> <marker id="host"></marker> - <p>Host = <c>string() | ip_address()</c> </p> + <p>Host = <c>string() | ip_address()</c></p> </item> <tag>{port, Port}</tag> <item> <marker id="port"></marker> - <p>Port = <c>integer() > 0</c> </p> - <p>Default is 21.</p> + <p>Port = <c>integer() > 0</c></p> + <p>Default is <c>21</c>.</p> </item> <tag>{mode, Mode}</tag> <item> <marker id="mode"></marker> - <p>Mode = <c>active | passive</c> </p> - <p>Default is <c>passive</c>. </p> + <p>Mode = <c>active | passive</c></p> + <p>Default is <c>passive</c>.</p> </item> <tag>{verbose, Verbose}</tag> <item> <marker id="verbose"></marker> <p>Verbose = <c>boolean()</c> </p> - <p>This determines if the FTP communication should be - verbose or not. </p> - <p>Default is <c>false</c>. </p> + <p>Determines if the FTP communication is to be + verbose or not.</p> + <p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p> </item> <tag>{debug, Debug}</tag> @@ -126,93 +125,90 @@ <marker id="debug"></marker> <p>Debug = <c>trace | debug | disable</c> </p> <p>Debugging using the dbg toolkit. </p> - <p>Default is <c>disable</c>. </p> + <p>Default is <c>disable</c>.</p> </item> <tag>{ipfamily, IpFamily}</tag> <item> <marker id="ipfamily"></marker> <p>IpFamily = <c>inet | inet6 | inet6fb4</c> </p> - <p>With <c>inet6fb4</c> the client behaves as before - (it tries to use IPv6 and only if that does not work, it - uses IPv4). </p> - <p>Default is <c>inet</c> (IPv4). </p> + <p>With <c>inet6fb4</c> the client behaves as before, that is, + tries to use IPv6, and only if that does not work it + uses IPv4).</p> + <p>Default is <c>inet</c> (IPv4).</p> </item> <tag>{timeout, Timeout}</tag> <item> <marker id="timeout"></marker> - <p>Timeout = <c>non_neg_integer()</c> </p> - <p>Connection timeout. </p> - <p>Default is 60000 (milliseconds). </p> + <p>Timeout = <c>non_neg_integer()</c></p> + <p>Connection time-out.</p> + <p>Default is <c>60000</c> (milliseconds).</p> </item> <tag>{dtimeout, DTimeout}</tag> <item> <marker id="dtimeout"></marker> <p>DTimeout = <c>non_neg_integer() | infinity</c> </p> - <p>Data Connect timeout. - The time the client will wait for the server to connect to the - data socket. </p> - <p>Default is infinity. </p> + <p>Data connect time-out. + The time the client waits for the server to connect to the + data socket.</p> + <p>Default is <c>infinity</c>. </p> </item> <tag>{progress, Progress}</tag> <item> <marker id="progress"></marker> <p>Progress = <c>ignore | {CBModule, CBFunction, InitProgress}</c></p> - <p>CBModule = <c>atom()</c>, CBFunction = <c>atom()</c> </p> - <p>InitProgress = <c>term()</c> </p> - <p>Default is <c>ignore</c>. </p> + <p><c>CBModule = atom()</c>, <c>CBFunction = atom()</c></p> + <p><c>InitProgress = term()</c></p> + <p>Default is <c>ignore</c>.</p> </item> </taglist> - <p>The progress option is intended to be used by applications that - want to create some type of progress report such as a progress bar in - a GUI. The default value for the progress option is ignore - e.i. the option is not used. When the progress option is - specified the following will happen when ftp:send/[3,4] or - ftp:recv/[3,4] are called.</p> + <p>Option <c>progress</c> is intended to be used by applications that + want to create some type of progress report, such as a progress bar in + a GUI. Default for the progress option is <c>ignore</c>, + that is, the option is not used. When the progress option is + specified, the following happens when <c>ftp:send/[3,4]</c> or + <c>ftp:recv/[3,4]</c> are called:</p> <list type="bulleted"> <item> - <p>Before a file is transfered the following call will - be made to indicate the start of the file transfer and how big + <p>Before a file is transferred, the following call is + made to indicate the start of the file transfer and how large the file is. The return value of the callback function - should be a new value for the UserProgressTerm that will - bu used as input next time the callback function is + is to be a new value for the <c>UserProgressTerm</c> that will + be used as input the next time the callback function is called.</p> - <br></br> <p><c> CBModule:CBFunction(InitProgress, File, {file_size, FileSize}) </c></p> - <br></br> </item> <item> - <p>Every time a chunk of bytes is transfered the - following call will be made:</p> - <br></br> + <p>Every time a chunk of bytes is transferred the + following call is made:</p> <p><c> - CBModule:CBFunction(UserProgressTerm, File, {transfer_size, TransferSize}) </c></p> - <br></br> + CBModule:CBFunction(UserProgressTerm, File, {transfer_size, TransferSize}) + </c></p> </item> <item> - <p>At the end of the file the following call will be - made to indicate the end of the transfer.</p> - <br></br> + <p>At the end of the file the following call is + made to indicate the end of the transfer:</p> <p><c> - CBModule:CBFunction(UserProgressTerm, File, {transfer_size, 0}) </c></p> - <br></br> + CBModule:CBFunction(UserProgressTerm, File, {transfer_size, 0}) + </c></p> </item> </list> - <p>The callback function should be defined as </p> + <p>The callback function is to be defined as follows:</p> <p><c> - CBModule:CBFunction(UserProgressTerm, File, Size) -> UserProgressTerm </c></p> + CBModule:CBFunction(UserProgressTerm, File, Size) -> UserProgressTerm + </c></p> <p><c> CBModule = CBFunction = atom() @@ -227,50 +223,51 @@ </c></p> <p><c> - Size = {transfer_size, integer()} | {file_size, integer()} | {file_size, unknown} </c></p> + Size = {transfer_size, integer()} | {file_size, integer()} | {file_size, unknown} + </c></p> - <p>Alas for remote files it is not possible for ftp to determine the + <p>For remote files, <c>ftp</c> cannot determine the file size in a platform independent way. In this case the size - will be <c>unknown</c> and it is left to the application to find - out the size. </p> + becomes <c>unknown</c> and it is left to the application to + determine the size.</p> <note> <p>The callback is made by a middleman process, hence the - file transfer will not be affected by the code in the progress - callback function. If the callback should crash this will be - detected by the ftp connection process that will print an - info-report and then go one as if the progress option was set - to ignore. </p> + file transfer is not affected by the code in the progress + callback function. If the callback crashes, this is + detected by the FTP connection process, which then prints an + info-report and goes on as if the progress option was set + to <c>ignore</c>.</p> </note> <p>The file transfer type is set to the default of the FTP server - when the session is opened. This is usually ASCCI-mode. + when the session is opened. This is usually ASCCI mode. </p> - <p>The current local working directory (cf. <c>lpwd/1</c>) is set to - the value reported by <c>file:get_cwd/1</c>. the wanted + <p>The current local working directory (compare <c>lpwd/1</c>) is set + to the value reported by <c>file:get_cwd/1</c>, the wanted local directory. </p> <p>The return value <c>Pid</c> is used as a reference to the - newly created ftp client in all other functions, and they should - be called by the process that created the connection. The ftp + newly created FTP client in all other functions, and they are to + be called by the process that created the connection. The FTP client process monitors the process that created it and - will terminate if that process terminates.</p> + terminates if that process terminates.</p> </section> <section> - <title>COMMON DATA TYPES </title> - <p>Here follows type definitions that are used by more than one - function in the FTP client API. </p> - <p><c> pid() - identifier of an ftp connection.</c></p> - <p><c> string() = list of ASCII characters.</c></p> - <p><c> shortage_reason() = etnospc | epnospc</c></p> - <p><c> restriction_reason() = epath | efnamena | elogin | enotbinary - - note not all restrictions may always relevant to all functions - </c></p> - <p><c>common_reason() = econn | eclosed | term() - some kind of - explanation of what went wrong.</c></p> + <title>DATA TYPES</title> + <p>The following type definitions are used by more than one + function in the FTP client API:</p> + <p><c>pid()</c> = identifier of an FTP connection</p> + <p><c>string()</c> = list of ASCII characters</p> + <p><c>shortage_reason()</c> = <c>etnospc | epnospc</c></p> + <p><c>restriction_reason()</c> = <c>epath | efnamena | elogin | enotbinary</c> + - all restrictions are not always relevant to all functions + </p> + <p><c>common_reason()</c> = <c>econn | eclosed | term()</c> + - some explanation of what went wrong</p> <marker id="account"></marker> </section> @@ -278,15 +275,14 @@ <funcs> <func> <name>account(Pid, Account) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Specify which account to use.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Specifies which account to use.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>Account = string()</v> <v>Reason = eacct | common_reason()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>If an account is needed for an operation set the account - with this operation.</p> + <p>Sets the account for an operation, if needed.</p> <marker id="append"></marker> <marker id="append2"></marker> @@ -297,7 +293,8 @@ <func> <name>append(Pid, LocalFile) -> </name> <name>append(Pid, LocalFile, RemoteFile) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Transfer file to remote server, and append it to Remotefile.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Transfers a file to remote server, and appends it to + <c>Remotefile</c>.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>LocalFile = RemoteFile = string()</v> @@ -306,9 +303,9 @@ <desc> <p>Transfers the file <c>LocalFile</c> to the remote server. If <c>RemoteFile</c> is specified, the name of the remote file that the - file will be appended to is set to <c>RemoteFile</c>; otherwise - the name is set to <c>LocalFile</c> If the file does not exists the - file will be created.</p> + file is appended to is set to <c>RemoteFile</c>, otherwise + to <c>LocalFile</c>. If the file does not exists, + it is created.</p> <marker id="append_bin"></marker> </desc> @@ -316,17 +313,17 @@ <func> <name>append_bin(Pid, Bin, RemoteFile) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Transfer a binary into a remote file.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Transfers a binary into a remote file.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>Bin = binary()()</v> <v>RemoteFile = string()</v> - <v>Reason = restriction_reason()| shortage_reason() | common_reason()</v> + <v>Reason = restriction_reason()| shortage_reason() | common_reason()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Transfers the binary <c>Bin</c> to the remote server and append - it to the file <c>RemoteFile</c>. If the file does not exists it - will be created.</p> + <p>Transfers the binary <c>Bin</c> to the remote server and appends + it to the file <c>RemoteFile</c>. If the file does not exist, it + is created.</p> <marker id="append_chunk"></marker> </desc> @@ -334,18 +331,18 @@ <func> <name>append_chunk(Pid, Bin) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>append a chunk to the remote file.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Appends a chunk to the remote file.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>Bin = binary()</v> <v>Reason = echunk | restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Transfer the chunk <c>Bin</c> to the remote server, which - append it into the file specified in the call to - <c>append_chunk_start/2</c>. </p> - <p>Note that for some errors, e.g. file system full, it is - necessary to to call <c>append_chunk_end</c> to get the + <p>Transfers the chunk <c>Bin</c> to the remote server, which + appends it to the file specified in the call to + <c>append_chunk_start/2</c>.</p> + <p>For some errors, for example, file system full, it is + necessary to call <c>append_chunk_end</c> to get the proper reason.</p> <marker id="append_chunk_start"></marker> @@ -354,16 +351,16 @@ <func> <name>append_chunk_start(Pid, File) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Start transfer of file chunks for appending to File.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Starts transfer of file chunks for appending to <c>File</c>.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>File = string()</v> <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Start the transfer of chunks for appending to the file - <c>File</c> at the remote server. If the file does not exists - it will be created.</p> + <p>Starts the transfer of chunks for appending to the file + <c>File</c> at the remote server. If the file does not exist, + it is created.</p> <marker id="append_chunk_end"></marker> </desc> @@ -371,7 +368,7 @@ <func> <name>append_chunk_end(Pid) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Stop transfer of chunks for appending.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Stops transfer of chunks for appending.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>Reason = echunk | restriction_reason() | shortage_reason() </v> @@ -379,7 +376,7 @@ <desc> <p>Stops transfer of chunks for appending to the remote server. The file at the remote server, specified in the call to - <c>append_chunk_start/2</c> is closed by the server.</p> + <c>append_chunk_start/2</c>, is closed by the server.</p> <marker id="cd"></marker> </desc> @@ -387,7 +384,7 @@ <func> <name>cd(Pid, Dir) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Change remote working directory.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Changes remote working directory.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>Dir = string()</v> @@ -403,13 +400,13 @@ <func> <name>close(Pid) -> ok</name> - <fsummary>End the ftp session.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Ends the FTP session.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Ends an ftp session, created using the - <seealso marker="#open">open</seealso> function. </p> + <p>Ends an FTP session, created using function + <seealso marker="#open">open</seealso>.</p> <marker id="delete"></marker> </desc> @@ -417,7 +414,7 @@ <func> <name>delete(Pid, File) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Delete a file at the remote server..</fsummary> + <fsummary>Deletes a file at the remote server.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>File = string()</v> @@ -432,7 +429,7 @@ <func> <name>formaterror(Tag) -> string()</name> - <fsummary>Return error diagnostics.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Returns error diagnostics.</fsummary> <type> <v>Tag = {error, atom()} | atom()</v> </type> @@ -446,14 +443,14 @@ <func> <name>lcd(Pid, Dir) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Change local working directory.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Changes local working directory.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>Dir = string()</v> <v>Reason = restriction_reason()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Changes the working directory to <c>Dir</c> for the local client. </p> + <p>Changes the working directory to <c>Dir</c> for the local client.</p> <marker id="lpwd"></marker> </desc> @@ -461,7 +458,7 @@ <func> <name>lpwd(Pid) -> {ok, Dir}</name> - <fsummary>Get local current working directory.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Gets local current working directory.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> </type> @@ -485,13 +482,13 @@ <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Returns a list of files in long format. </p> - <p><c>Pathname</c> can be a directory, a group of files or - even a file. The <c>Pathname</c> string can contain wildcard(s). </p> - <p><c>ls/1</c> implies the user's current remote directory. </p> - <p>The format of <c>Listing</c> is operating system dependent - (on UNIX it is typically produced from the output of the - <c>ls -l</c> shell command).</p> + <p>Returns a list of files in long format.</p> + <p><c>Pathname</c> can be a directory, a group of files, or + a file. The <c>Pathname</c> string can contain wildcards.</p> + <p><c>ls/1</c> implies the current remote directory of the user.</p> + <p>The format of <c>Listing</c> depends on the operating system. + On UNIX, it is typically produced from the output of the + <c>ls -l</c> shell command.</p> <marker id="mkdir"></marker> </desc> @@ -499,7 +496,7 @@ <func> <name>mkdir(Pid, Dir) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Create remote directory.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Creates a remote directory.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>Dir = string()</v> @@ -525,15 +522,15 @@ <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Returns a list of files in short format. </p> - <p><c>Pathname</c> can be a directory, a group of files or - even a file. The <c>Pathname</c> string can contain wildcard(s). </p> - <p><c>nlist/1</c> implies the user's current remote directory. </p> + <p>Returns a list of files in short format.</p> + <p><c>Pathname</c> can be a directory, a group of files, or + a file. The <c>Pathname</c> string can contain wildcards.</p> + <p><c>nlist/1</c> implies the current remote directory of the user.</p> <p>The format of <c>Listing</c> is a stream of - file names, where each name is separated by <CRLF> or - <NL>. Contrary to the <c>ls</c> function, the purpose of - <c>nlist</c> is to make it possible for a program to - automatically process file name information.</p> + filenames where each filename is separated by <CRLF> or + <NL>. Contrary to function <c>ls</c>, the purpose of + <c>nlist</c> is to enable a program to + process filename information automatically.</p> <marker id="open"></marker> </desc> @@ -542,23 +539,23 @@ <func> <name>open(Host) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, Reason}</name> <name>open(Host, Opts) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Start an standalone ftp client.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Starts a standalone FTP client.</fsummary> <type> <v>Host = string() | ip_address()</v> <v>Opts = options()</v> <v>options() = [option()]</v> <v>option() = start_option() | open_option()</v> <v>start_option() = {verbose, verbose()} | {debug, debug()}</v> - <v>verbose() = boolean() (defaults to false)</v> - <v>debug() = disable | debug | trace (defaults to disable)</v> + <v>verbose() = boolean() (default is false)</v> + <v>debug() = disable | debug | trace (default is disable)</v> <v>open_option() = {ipfamily, ipfamily()} | {port, port()} | {mode, mode()} | {tls, tls_options()} | {timeout, timeout()} | {dtimeout, dtimeout()} | {progress, progress()}</v> - <v>ipfamily() = inet | inet6 | inet6fb4 (defaults to inet)</v> - <v>port() = integer() > 0 (defaults to 21)</v> - <v>mode() = active | passive (defaults to passive)</v> + <v>ipfamily() = inet | inet6 | inet6fb4 (default is inet)</v> + <v>port() = integer() > 0 (default is 21)</v> + <v>mode() = active | passive (default is passive)</v> <v>tls_options() = [<seealso marker="ssl:ssl#type-ssloption">ssl:ssloption()</seealso>]</v> - <v>timeout() = integer() > 0 (defaults to 60000 milliseconds)</v> - <v>dtimeout() = integer() > 0 | infinity (defaults to infinity)</v> - <v>pogress() = ignore | {module(), function(), initial_data()} (defaults to ignore)</v> + <v>timeout() = integer() > 0 (default is 60000 milliseconds)</v> + <v>dtimeout() = integer() > 0 | infinity (default is infinity)</v> + <v>pogress() = ignore | {module(), function(), initial_data()} (default is ignore)</v> <v>module() = atom()</v> <v>function() = atom()</v> <v>initial_data() = term()</v> @@ -566,16 +563,20 @@ </type> <desc> - <p>This function is used to start a standalone ftp client process - (without the inets service framework) and - open a session with the FTP server at <c>Host</c>. </p> + <p>Starts a standalone FTP client process + (without the <c>Inets</c> service framework) and + opens a session with the FTP server at <c>Host</c>. </p> - <p>If the option <c>{tls, tls_options()}</c> is present, the ftp session will be transported over tls (ftps, see -<url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4217.txt">RFC 4217</url>). The list <c>tls_options()</c> may be empty. The function <seealso marker="ssl:ssl#connect/3"><c>ssl:connect/3</c></seealso> is used for securing both the control connection and the data sessions. + <p>If option <c>{tls, tls_options()}</c> is present, the FTP session + is transported over <c>tls</c> (<c>ftps</c>, see + <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4217.txt">RFC 4217</url>). + The list <c>tls_options()</c> can be empty. The function + <seealso marker="ssl:ssl#connect/3"><c>ssl:connect/3</c></seealso> + is used for securing both the control connection and the data sessions. </p> - <p>A session opened in this way, is closed using the - <seealso marker="#close">close</seealso> function. </p> + <p>A session opened in this way is closed using function + <seealso marker="#close">close</seealso>.</p> <marker id="pwd"></marker> </desc> @@ -583,22 +584,10 @@ <func> <name>pwd(Pid) -> {ok, Dir} | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Get remote current working directory.</fsummary> - <type> - <v>Pid = pid()</v> - <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason() </v> - </type> - <desc> - <p>Returns the current working directory at the remote server. </p> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name>pwd(Pid) -> {ok, Dir} | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Get remote current working directory.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Gets the remote current working directory.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> - <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason() </v> + <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v> </type> <desc> <p>Returns the current working directory at the remote server.</p> @@ -612,7 +601,7 @@ <func> <name>recv(Pid, RemoteFile) -> </name> <name>recv(Pid, RemoteFile, LocalFile) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Transfer file from remote server.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Transfers a file from remote server.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>RemoteFile = LocalFile = string()</v> @@ -620,14 +609,14 @@ <v>file_write_error_reason() = see file:write/2</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Transfer the file <c>RemoteFile</c> from the remote server - to the the file system of the local client. If + <p>Transfers the file <c>RemoteFile</c> from the remote server + to the file system of the local client. If <c>LocalFile</c> is specified, the local file will be - <c>LocalFile</c>; otherwise it will be + <c>LocalFile</c>, otherwise <c>RemoteFile</c>.</p> - <p>If the file write fails - (e.g. enospc), then the command is aborted and <c>{error, file_write_error_reason()}</c> is returned. The file is - however <em>not</em> removed.</p> + <p>If the file write fails (for example, <c>enospc</c>), the command is + aborted and <c>{error, file_write_error_reason()}</c> is returned. + However, the file is <em>not</em> removed.</p> <marker id="recv_bin"></marker> </desc> @@ -635,7 +624,7 @@ <func> <name>recv_bin(Pid, RemoteFile) -> {ok, Bin} | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Transfer file from remote server as a binary.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Transfers a file from remote server as a binary.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>Bin = binary()</v> @@ -652,14 +641,14 @@ <func> <name>recv_chunk_start(Pid, RemoteFile) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Start chunk-reading of the remote file.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Starts chunk-reading of the remote file.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>RemoteFile = string()</v> <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Start transfer of the file <c>RemoteFile</c> from the + <p>Starts transfer of the file <c>RemoteFile</c> from the remote server.</p> <marker id="recv_chunk"></marker> @@ -668,20 +657,20 @@ <func> <name>recv_chunk(Pid) -> ok | {ok, Bin} | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Receive a chunk of the remote file.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Receives a chunk of the remote file.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>Bin = binary()</v> <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Receive a chunk of the remote file (<c>RemoteFile</c> of - <c>recv_chunk_start</c>). The return values has the following + <p>Receives a chunk of the remote file (<c>RemoteFile</c> of + <c>recv_chunk_start</c>). The return values have the following meaning:</p> <list type="bulleted"> - <item><c>ok</c> the transfer is complete.</item> - <item><c>{ok, Bin}</c> just another chunk of the file.</item> - <item><c>{error, Reason}</c> transfer failed.</item> + <item><c>ok</c> = the transfer is complete.</item> + <item><c>{ok, Bin}</c> = just another chunk of the file.</item> + <item><c>{error, Reason}</c> = transfer failed.</item> </list> <marker id="rename"></marker> @@ -690,7 +679,7 @@ <func> <name>rename(Pid, Old, New) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Rename a file at the remote server..</fsummary> + <fsummary>Renames a file at the remote server.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>CurrFile = NewFile = string()</v> @@ -705,7 +694,7 @@ <func> <name>rmdir(Pid, Dir) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Remove a remote directory.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Removes a remote directory.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>Dir = string()</v> @@ -723,7 +712,7 @@ <func> <name>send(Pid, LocalFile) -></name> <name>send(Pid, LocalFile, RemoteFile) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Transfer file to remote server.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Transfers a file to the remote server.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>LocalFile = RemoteFile = string()</v> @@ -732,7 +721,7 @@ <desc> <p>Transfers the file <c>LocalFile</c> to the remote server. If <c>RemoteFile</c> is specified, the name of the remote file is set - to <c>RemoteFile</c>; otherwise the name is set to <c>LocalFile</c>.</p> + to <c>RemoteFile</c>, otherwise to <c>LocalFile</c>.</p> <marker id="send_bin"></marker> </desc> @@ -740,7 +729,7 @@ <func> <name>send_bin(Pid, Bin, RemoteFile) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Transfer a binary into a remote file.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Transfers a binary into a remote file.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>Bin = binary()()</v> @@ -757,17 +746,17 @@ <func> <name>send_chunk(Pid, Bin) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Write a chunk to the remote file.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Writes a chunk to the remote file.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>Bin = binary()</v> <v>Reason = echunk | restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Transfer the chunk <c>Bin</c> to the remote server, which + <p>Transfers the chunk <c>Bin</c> to the remote server, which writes it into the file specified in the call to - <c>send_chunk_start/2</c>. </p> - <p>Note that for some errors, e.g. file system full, it is + <c>send_chunk_start/2</c>.</p> + <p>For some errors, for example, file system full, it is necessary to to call <c>send_chunk_end</c> to get the proper reason.</p> @@ -777,14 +766,14 @@ <func> <name>send_chunk_start(Pid, File) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Start transfer of file chunks.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Starts transfer of file chunks.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>File = string()</v> <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Start transfer of chunks into the file <c>File</c> at the + <p>Starts transfer of chunks into the file <c>File</c> at the remote server.</p> <marker id="send_chunk_end"></marker> @@ -793,7 +782,7 @@ <func> <name>send_chunk_end(Pid) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Stop transfer of chunks.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Stops transfer of chunks.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>Reason = restriction_reason() | common_reason() | shortage_reason()</v> @@ -809,7 +798,7 @@ <func> <name>type(Pid, Type) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Set transfer type to <c>ascii</c>or <c>binary</c>.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Sets transfer type to <c>ascii</c>or <c>binary</c>.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>Type = ascii | binary</v> @@ -817,8 +806,8 @@ </type> <desc> <p>Sets the file transfer type to <c>ascii</c> or <c>binary</c>. When - an ftp session is opened, the default transfer type of the - server is used, most often <c>ascii</c>, which is the default + an FTP session is opened, the default transfer type of the + server is used, most often <c>ascii</c>, which is default according to <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc959.txt">RFC 959</url>.</p> <marker id="user3"></marker> </desc> @@ -857,21 +846,22 @@ <func> <name>quote(Pid, Command) -> [FTPLine]</name> - <fsummary>Sends an arbitrary FTP command. </fsummary> + <fsummary>Sends an arbitrary FTP command.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>Command = string()</v> - <v>FTPLine = string() - Note the telnet end of line characters, from the ftp protocol definition, CRLF e.g. "\\r\\n" has been removed.</v> - </type> - <desc> - <p>Sends an arbitrary FTP command and returns verbatimly a list - of the lines sent back by the FTP server. This functions is - intended to give an application accesses to FTP commands - that are server specific or that may not be provided by - this FTP client. </p> + <v>FTPLine = string(</v> + </type> + <desc><note><p>The telnet end of line characters, from the FTP + protocol definition, CRLF, for example, "\\r\\n" has been removed.</p></note> + <p>Sends an arbitrary FTP command and returns verbatim a list + of the lines sent back by the FTP server. This function is + intended to give application accesses to FTP commands + that are server-specific or that cannot be provided by + this FTP client.</p> <note> - <p>FTP commands that require a data connection can not be - successfully issued with this function. </p> + <p>FTP commands requiring a data connection cannot be + successfully issued with this function.</p> </note> </desc> </func> @@ -885,30 +875,31 @@ <taglist> <tag><c>echunk</c></tag> <item> - <p>Synchronisation error during chunk sending. - </p> - <p>A call has been made to <c>send_chunk/2</c> or - <c>send_chunk_end/1</c>, before a call to - <c>send_chunk_start/2</c>; or a call has been made to another - transfer function during chunk sending, i.e. before a call - to <c>send_chunk_end/1</c>.</p> + <p>Synchronization error during chunk sending according to one + of the following: + </p><list type="bulleted"> + <item>>A call is made to <c>send_chunk/2</c> or <c>send_chunk_end/1</c> + before a call to <c>send_chunk_start/2</c>.</item> + <item>A call has been made to another transfer function during chunk + sending, that is, before a call to <c>send_chunk_end/1</c>.</item> + </list> </item> <tag><c>eclosed</c></tag> <item> - <p>The session has been closed.</p> + <p>The session is closed.</p> </item> <tag><c>econn</c></tag> <item> - <p>Connection to remote server prematurely closed.</p> + <p>Connection to the remote server is prematurely closed.</p> </item> <tag><c>ehost</c></tag> <item> - <p>Host not found, FTP server not found, or connection rejected + <p>Host is not found, FTP server is not found, or connection is rejected by FTP server.</p> </item> <tag><c>elogin</c></tag> <item> - <p>User not logged in.</p> + <p>User is not logged in.</p> </item> <tag><c>enotbinary</c></tag> <item> @@ -925,7 +916,7 @@ </item> <tag><c>euser</c></tag> <item> - <p>User name or password not valid.</p> + <p>Invalid username or password.</p> </item> <tag><c>etnospc</c></tag> <item> @@ -938,7 +929,7 @@ </item> <tag><c>efnamena</c></tag> <item> - <p>File name not allowed [553].</p> + <p>Filename not allowed [553].</p> </item> </taglist> </section> diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/http_uri.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/http_uri.xml index c71bfbd686..47c40da96a 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/http_uri.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/http_uri.xml @@ -35,38 +35,45 @@ <description> <p>This module provides utility functions for working with URIs, - according to RFC 3986. </p> - + according to + <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt">RFC 3986</url>.</p> </description> <section> - <title>COMMON DATA TYPES </title> + <title>DATA TYPES</title> <p>Type definitions that are used more than once in this module:</p> - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ -boolean() = true | false -string() = list of ASCII characters - ]]></code> + <p><c>boolean() = true | false</c></p> + <p><c>string()</c> = list of ASCII characters</p> </section> <section> - <title>URI DATA TYPES </title> + <title>URI DATA TYPES</title> <p>Type definitions that are related to URI:</p> - <p>For more information about URI, see RFC 3986. </p> - - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ -uri() = string() - Syntax according to the URI definition in rfc 3986, - e.g.: "http://www.erlang.org/" -user_info() = string() -scheme() = atom() - Example: http, https -host() = string() -port() = pos_integer() -path() = string() - Representing a file path or directory path -query() = string() -fragment() = string() - ]]></code> - + +<taglist> + <tag><c>uri() = string()</c></tag> + <item><p>Syntax according to the URI definition in RFC 3986, + for example, "http://www.erlang.org/"</p></item> + <tag><c>user_info() = string()</c></tag> + <item><p></p></item> + <tag><c>scheme() = atom()</c></tag> + <item><p>Example: http, https</p></item> + <tag><c>host() = string()</c></tag> + <item><p></p></item> + <tag><c>port() = pos_integer()</c></tag> + <item><p></p></item> + <tag><c>path() = string()</c></tag> + <item><p>Represents a file path or directory path</p></item> + <tag><c>query() = string()</c></tag> + <item><p></p></item> + <tag><c>fragment() = string()</c></tag> + <item><p></p></item> + </taglist> + + <p>For more information about URI, see + <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt">RFC 3986</url>.</p> <marker id="scheme_defaults"></marker> </section> @@ -74,28 +81,28 @@ fragment() = string() <func> <name>decode(HexEncodedURI) -> URI</name> - <fsummary>Decode a hex encoded URI</fsummary> + <fsummary>Decodes a hexadecimal encoded URI.</fsummary> <type> - <v>HexEncodedURI = string() - A possibly hex encoded uri</v> + <v>HexEncodedURI = string() - A possibly hexadecimal encoded URI</v> <v>URI = uri()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Decode a possibly hex encoded URI. </p> + <p>Decodes a possibly hexadecimal encoded URI.</p> </desc> </func> <func> <name>encode(URI) -> HexEncodedURI</name> - <fsummary>Hex encode an URI</fsummary> + <fsummary>Encodes a hexadecimal encoded URI.</fsummary> <type> <v>URI = uri()</v> - <v>HexEncodedURI = string() - Hex encoded uri</v> + <v>HexEncodedURI = string() - Hexadecimal encoded URI</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Hex encode an URI. </p> + <p>Encodes a hexadecimal encoded URI.</p> <marker id="decode"></marker> </desc> @@ -104,10 +111,10 @@ fragment() = string() <func> <name>parse(URI) -> {ok, Result} | {error, Reason}</name> <name>parse(URI, Options) -> {ok, Result} | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Parse an URI</fsummary> + <fsummary>Parses a URI.</fsummary> <type> - <v>URI = uri() </v> - <v>Options = [Option] </v> + <v>URI = uri()</v> + <v>Options = [Option]</v> <v>Option = {ipv6_host_with_brackets, boolean()} | {scheme_defaults, scheme_defaults()} | {fragment, boolean()}]</v> @@ -119,20 +126,20 @@ fragment() = string() <v>Path = path()</v> <v>Query = query()</v> <v>Fragment = fragment()</v> - <v>Reason = term() </v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>This function is used to parse an URI. If no scheme defaults - are provided, the value of + <p>Parses a URI. If no scheme defaults + are provided, the value of the <seealso marker="#scheme_defaults">scheme_defaults</seealso> - function will be used. </p> + function is used.</p> - <p>Note that when parsing an URI with an unknown scheme (that is, - a scheme not found in the scheme defaults) a port number must be - provided or else the parsing will fail. </p> + <p>When parsing a URI with an unknown scheme (that is, + a scheme not found in the scheme defaults), a port number must be + provided, otherwise the parsing fails.</p> - <p>If the fragment option is true, the URI fragment will be returned as - part of the parsing result, otherwise it is completely ignored.</p> + <p>If the fragment option is <c>true</c>, the URI fragment is returned as + part of the parsing result, otherwise it is ignored.</p> <marker id="encode"></marker> </desc> @@ -140,14 +147,14 @@ fragment() = string() <func> <name>scheme_defaults() -> SchemeDefaults</name> - <fsummary>A list of scheme and their default ports</fsummary> + <fsummary>A list of the scheme and their default ports.</fsummary> <type> <v>SchemeDefaults = [{scheme(), default_scheme_port_number()}] </v> <v>default_scheme_port_number() = pos_integer()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>This function provides a list of the scheme and their default - port numbers currently supported (by default) by this utility. </p> + <p>Provides a list of the scheme and their default + port numbers supported (by default) by this utility.</p> <marker id="parse"></marker> </desc> @@ -160,7 +167,8 @@ fragment() = string() <!-- <section> <title>SEE ALSO</title> - <p>RFC 2616, <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso>, + <p><url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>, + <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso>, <seealso marker="kernel:gen_tcp">gen_tcp(3)</seealso>, <seealso marker="ssl:ssl">ssl(3)</seealso> </p> diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml index 05eec9cfd3..70400d1ca7 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml @@ -31,108 +31,117 @@ </header> <module>httpc</module> - <modulesummary>An HTTP/1.1 client </modulesummary> + <modulesummary>An HTTP/1.1 client</modulesummary> <description> - <p>This module provides the API to a HTTP/1.1 compatible client according - to RFC 2616, caching is currently not supported.</p> + <p>This module provides the API to an HTTP/1.1 compatible client according + to <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>. + Caching is not supported.</p> <note> - <p>When starting the Inets application a manager process for the - default profile will be started. The functions in this API - that do not explicitly use a profile will access the + <p>When starting the <c>Inets</c> application, a manager process for the + default profile is started. The functions in this API + that do not explicitly use a profile accesses the default profile. A profile keeps track of proxy options, - cookies and other options that can be applied to more than one - request. </p> + cookies, and other options that can be applied to more than one + request.</p> - <p>If the scheme https is used the ssl application needs to be - started. When https links needs to go through a proxy the + <p>If the scheme <c>https</c> is used, the <c>SSL</c> application must + be started. When <c>https</c> links need to go through a proxy, the CONNECT method extension to HTTP-1.1 is used to establish a - tunnel and then the connection is upgraded to TLS, - however "TLS upgrade" according to RFC 2817 is not + tunnel and then the connection is upgraded to TLS. + However, "TLS upgrade" according to RFC 2817 is not supported.</p> - <p>Also note that pipelining will only be used if the pipeline - timeout is set, otherwise persistent connections without - pipelining will be used e.i. the client always waits for + <p>Pipelining is only used if the pipeline + time-out is set, otherwise persistent connections without + pipelining are used. For example, the client always waits for the previous response before sending the next request.</p> </note> - <p>There are some usage examples in the <seealso - marker="http_client">Inets User's Guide.</seealso></p> + <p>Some examples are provided in the <seealso + marker="http_client">Inets User's Guide</seealso>.</p> </description> <section> - <title>COMMON DATA TYPES </title> + <title>DATA TYPES</title> + <marker id="DATA_TYPES"></marker> <p>Type definitions that are used more than once in this module:</p> - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ -boolean() = true | false -string() = list of ASCII characters -request_id() = ref() -profile() = atom() -path() = string() representing a file path or directory path -ip_address() = See inet(3) -socket_opt() = See the Options used by gen_tcp(3) and - ssl(3) connect(s) - ]]></code> - + <p><c>boolean() = true | false</c></p> + <p><c>string()</c> = list of ASCII characters</p> + <p><c>request_id() = ref()</c></p> + <p><c>profile() = atom()</c></p> + <p><c>path() = string()</c> representing a file path or directory path</p> + <p><c>ip_address()</c> = See the + <seealso marker="kernel:inet">inet(3)</seealso> manual page in <c>Kernel</c>.</p> + <p><c>socket_opt()</c> = See the options used by + <seealso marker="kernel:gen_tcp">gen_tcp(3)</seealso> <c>gen_tcp(3)</c> and + <seealso marker="ssl:ssl">ssl(3)</seealso> connect(s)</p> + </section> <section> - <title>HTTP DATA TYPES </title> - <p>Type definitions that are related to HTTP:</p> - <p>For more information about HTTP see rfc 2616</p> - - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ -method() = head | get | put | post | trace | options | delete -request() = {url(), headers()} | - {url(), headers(), content_type(), body()} -url() = string() - Syntax according to the URI definition in rfc 2396, ex: "http://www.erlang.org" -status_line() = {http_version(), status_code(), reason_phrase()} -http_version() = string() ex: "HTTP/1.1" -status_code() = integer() -reason_phrase() = string() -content_type() = string() -headers() = [header()] -header() = {field(), value()} -field() = string() -value() = string() -body() = string() | - binary() | - {fun(accumulator()) -> body_processing_result(), - accumulator()} | - {chunkify, - fun(accumulator()) -> body_processing_result(), - accumulator()} -body_processing_result() = eof | {ok, iolist(), accumulator()} -accumulator() = term() -filename() = string() - ]]></code> + <title>HTTP DATA TYPES</title> + <p>Type definitions related to HTTP:</p> - </section> + <p><c>method() = head | get | put | post | trace | options | delete</c></p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>request()</c></tag> + <item><p>= <c>{url(), headers()}</c></p> + <p>| <c>{url(), headers(), content_type(), body()}</c></p> + </item> + </taglist> + <p><c>url() = string()</c> syntax according to the URI definition in + <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt">RFC 2396</url>, + for example <c>"http://www.erlang.org"</c></p> + <p><c>status_line() = {http_version(), status_code(), reason_phrase()}</c></p> + <p><c>http_version() = string()</c>, for example, <c>"HTTP/1.1"</c></p> + <p><c>status_code() = integer()</c></p> + <p><c>reason_phrase() = string()</c></p> + <p><c>content_type() = string()</c></p> + <p><c>headers() = [header()]</c></p> + <p><c>header() = {field(), value()}</c></p> + <p><c>field() = string()</c></p> + <p><c>value() = string()</c></p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>body()</c></tag> + <item><p>= <c>string() | binary()</c></p> + <p>| <c>{fun(accumulator())</c></p> + <p><c> -> body_processing_result(), accumulator()}</c></p> + <p>| <c>{chunkify, fun(accumulator())</c></p> + <p><c> -> body_processing_result(), accumulator()}</c></p> + </item> + </taglist> + <p><c>body_processing_result() = eof | {ok, iolist(), accumulator()}</c></p> + <p><c>accumulator() = term()</c></p> + <p><c>filename() = string()</c></p> + <p>For more information about HTTP, see + <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>.</p> +</section> <section> - <title>SSL DATA TYPES </title> + <title>SSL DATA TYPES</title> <p>See <seealso marker="ssl:ssl">ssl(3)</seealso> for information - about ssl options (<c>ssloptions()</c>). </p> + about <c>SSL</c> options (<c>ssloptions()</c>). </p> </section> <section> - <title>HTTP CLIENT SERVICE START/STOP </title> + <title>HTTP CLIENT SERVICE START/STOP</title> - <p>A HTTP client can be configured to start when starting the inets + <p>An HTTP client can be configured to start when starting the <c>Inets</c> application or started dynamically in runtime by calling the - inets application API <c>inets:start(httpc, ServiceConfig)</c>, or - <c>inets:start(httpc, ServiceConfig, How)</c> - see <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso>. Below follows a - description of the available configuration options.</p> + <c>Inets</c> application API <c>inets:start(httpc, ServiceConfig)</c> + or <c>inets:start(httpc, ServiceConfig, How)</c>, + see <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso>. + The configuration options are as follows:</p> <taglist> <tag>{profile, profile()}</tag> - <item>Name of the profile, see - common data types below, this option is mandatory.</item> + <item><p>Name of the profile, see + <seealso marker="#DATA_TYPES">DATA TYPES</seealso>. + This option is mandatory.</p></item> <tag>{data_dir, path()}</tag> - <item>Directory where the profile - may save persistent data, if omitted all cookies will be treated - as session cookies.</item> + <item><p>Directory where the profile + can save persistent data. If omitted, all cookies are treated + as session cookies.</p></item> </taglist> <p>The client can be stopped using <c>inets:stop(httpc, Pid)</c> or @@ -145,14 +154,15 @@ filename() = string() <func> <name>request(Url) -> </name> <name>request(Url, Profile) -> {ok, Result} | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Sends a get HTTP-request</fsummary> + <fsummary>Sends a get HTTP request.</fsummary> <type> - <v>Url = url() </v> + <v>Url = url()</v> <v>Result = {status_line(), headers(), Body} | - {status_code(), Body} | request_id() </v> + {status_code(), Body} | request_id()</v> <v>Body = string() | binary()</v> - <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v> - <v>Reason = term() </v> + <v>Profile = profile() | pid()</v> + <d>When started <c>stand_alone</c>.</d> + <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> <p>Equivalent to <c>httpc:request(get, {Url, []}, [], [])</c>.</p> @@ -162,12 +172,12 @@ filename() = string() </func> <func> - <name>request(Method, Request, HTTPOptions, Options) -> </name> + <name>request(Method, Request, HTTPOptions, Options) -></name> <name>request(Method, Request, HTTPOptions, Options, Profile) -> {ok, Result} | {ok, saved_to_file} | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Sends a HTTP-request</fsummary> + <fsummary>Sends an HTTP request.</fsummary> <type> - <v>Method = method() </v> + <v>Method = method()</v> <v>Request = request()</v> <v>HTTPOptions = http_options()</v> <v>http_options() = [http_option()]</v> @@ -191,215 +201,198 @@ filename() = string() {socket_opts, socket_opts()} | {receiver, receiver()}, {ipv6_host_with_brackets, boolean()}}</v> - <v>stream_to() = none | self | {self, once} | filename() </v> + <v>stream_to() = none | self | {self, once} | filename()</v> <v>socket_opts() = [socket_opt()]</v> - <v>receiver() = pid() | function()/1 | {Module, Function, Args} </v> - <v>Module = atom() </v> - <v>Function = atom() </v> - <v>Args = list() </v> - <v>body_format() = string | binary </v> + <v>receiver() = pid() | function()/1 | {Module, Function, Args}</v> + <v>Module = atom()</v> + <v>Function = atom()</v> + <v>Args = list()</v> + <v>body_format() = string | binary</v> <v>Result = {status_line(), headers(), Body} | - {status_code(), Body} | request_id() </v> + {status_code(), Body} | request_id()</v> <v>Body = string() | binary()</v> - <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v> + <v>Profile = profile() | pid()</v> + <d>When started <c>stand_alone</c>.</d> <v>Reason = {connect_failed, term()} | - {send_failed, term()} | term() </v> + {send_failed, term()} | term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Sends a HTTP-request. The function can be both synchronous - and asynchronous. In the later case the function will return - <c>{ok, RequestId}</c> and later on the information will be delivered - to the <c>receiver</c> depending on that value. </p> + <p>Sends an HTTP request. The function can be both synchronous + and asynchronous. In the latter case, the function returns + <c>{ok, RequestId}</c> and then the information is delivered + to the <c>receiver</c> depending on that value.</p> - <p>Http option (<c>http_option()</c>) details: </p> + <p>HTTP option (<c>http_option()</c>) details:</p> <marker id="request2_http_options"></marker> <taglist> <tag><c><![CDATA[timeout]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>Timeout time for the request. </p> - <p>The clock starts ticking as soon as the request has been - sent. </p> - <p>Time is in milliseconds. </p> - <p>Defaults to <c>infinity</c>. </p> + <p>Time-out time for the request.</p> + <p>The clock starts ticking when the request is sent.</p> + <p>Time is in milliseconds.</p> + <p>Default is <c>infinity</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[connect_timeout]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>Connection timeout time, used during the initial request, - when the client is <em>connecting</em> to the server. </p> - <p>Time is in milliseconds. </p> - <p>Defaults to the value of the <c>timeout</c> option. </p> + <p>Connection time-out time, used during the initial request, + when the client is <em>connecting</em> to the server.</p> + <p>Time is in milliseconds.</p> + <p>Default is the value of option <c>timeout</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[ssl]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>This is the default ssl config option, currently defaults to - <c>essl</c>, see below. </p> - <p>Defaults to <c>[]</c>. </p> - </item> - - <tag><c><![CDATA[essl]]></c></tag> - <item> - <p>If using the Erlang based implementation of SSL, - these SSL-specific options are used. </p> - <p>Defaults to <c>[]</c>. </p> + <p>This is the default <c>SSL</c> configuration option.</p> + <p>Defaults to <c>[]</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[autoredirect]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>Should the client automatically retrieve the information - from the new URI and return that as the result instead - of a 30X-result code. </p> - <p>Note that for some 30X-result codes automatic redirect - is not allowed. In these cases the 30X-result will always - be returned. </p> - <p>Defaults to <c>true</c>. </p> + <p>The client automatically retrieves the information + from the new URI and returns that as the result, instead + of a 30X-result code.</p> + <p>For some 30X-result codes, automatic redirect + is not allowed. In these cases the 30X-result is always to + be returned.</p> + <p>Default is <c>true</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[proxy_auth]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>A proxy-authorization header using the provided user name and - password will be added to the request. </p> + <p>A proxy-authorization header using the provided username and + password is added to the request.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[version]]></c></tag> <item> <p>Can be used to make the client act as an <c>HTTP/1.0</c> or <c>HTTP/0.9</c> client. By default this is an <c>HTTP/1.1</c> - client. When using <c>HTTP/1.0</c> persistent connections will - not be used. </p> - <p>Defaults to the string <c>"HTTP/1.1"</c>. </p> + client. When using <c>HTTP/1.0</c> persistent connections are + not used.</p> + <p>Default is the string <c>"HTTP/1.1"</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[relaxed]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>If set to <c>true</c> workarounds for known server deviations - from the HTTP-standard are enabled. </p> - <p>Defaults to <c>false</c>. </p> + <p>If set to <c>true</c>, workarounds for known server deviations + from the HTTP-standard are enabled.</p> + <p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[url_encode]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>Will apply Percent-encoding, also known as URL encoding on the + <p>Applies Percent-encoding, also known as URL encoding on the URL.</p> - <p>Defaults to <c>false</c>. </p> + <p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p> </item> </taglist> - <p>Option (<c>option()</c>) details: </p> + <p>Option (<c>option()</c>) details:</p> <taglist> <tag><c><![CDATA[sync]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>Shall the request be synchronous or asynchronous. </p> - <p>Defaults to <c>true</c>. </p> + <p>Option for the request to be synchronous or asynchronous.</p> + <p>Default is <c>true</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[stream]]></c></tag> <item> <p>Streams the body of a 200 or 206 response to the calling process or to a file. When streaming to the calling process - using the option <c>self</c> the following stream messages - will be sent to that process: <c>{http, {RequestId, + using option <c>self</c>, the following stream messages + are sent to that process: <c>{http, {RequestId, stream_start, Headers}}, {http, {RequestId, stream, - BinBodyPart}}, {http, {RequestId, stream_end, Headers}}</c>. When - streaming to the calling processes using the option - <c>{self, once}</c> the first message will have an additional - element e.i. <c>{http, {RequestId, stream_start, Headers, Pid}}</c>, - this is the process id that should be used as an argument to + BinBodyPart}}, and {http, {RequestId, stream_end, Headers}}</c>.</p> + <p>When streaming to the calling processes using option + <c>{self, once}</c>, the first message has an extra + element, that is, <c>{http, {RequestId, stream_start, Headers, Pid}}</c>. + This is the process id to be used as an argument to <c>http:stream_next/1</c> to trigger the next message to be sent to - the calling process. </p> - <p>Note that it is possible that chunked encoding will add + the calling process.</p> + <p>Notice that chunked encoding can add headers so that there are more headers in the <c>stream_end</c> - message than in the <c>stream_start</c>. - When streaming to a file and the request is asynchronous the - message <c>{http, {RequestId, saved_to_file}}</c> will be sent. </p> - <p>Defaults to <c>none</c>. </p> + message than in <c>stream_start</c>. + When streaming to a file and the request is asynchronous, the + message <c>{http, {RequestId, saved_to_file}}</c> is sent.</p> + <p>Default is <c>none</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[body_format]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>Defines if the body shall be delivered as a string or as a + <p>Defines if the body is to be delivered as a string or binary. This option is only valid for the synchronous - request. </p> - <p>Defaults to <c>string</c>. </p> + request.</p> + <p>Default is <c>string</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[full_result]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>Should a "full result" be returned to the caller (that is, - the body, the headers and the entire status-line) or not - (the body and the status code). </p> - <p>Defaults to <c>true</c>. </p> + <p>Defines if a "full result" is to be returned to the caller (that is, + the body, the headers, and the entire status line) or not + (the body and the status code).</p> + <p>Default is <c>true</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[headers_as_is]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>Shall the headers provided by the user be made - lower case or be regarded as case sensitive. </p> - <p>Note that the http standard requires them to be - case insenstive. This feature should only be used if there is + <p>Defines if the headers provided by the user are to be made + lower case or to be regarded as case sensitive.</p> + <p>The HTTP standard requires them to be + case insensitive. Use this feature only if there is no other way to communicate with the server or for testing - purpose. Also note that when this option is used no headers - will be automatically added, all necessary headers have to be - provided by the user. </p> - <p>Defaults to <c>false</c>. </p> + purpose. When this option is used, no headers + are automatically added. All necessary headers must be + provided by the user.</p> + <p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[socket_opts]]></c></tag> <item> <p>Socket options to be used for this and subsequent - request(s). </p> - <p>Overrides any value set by the - <seealso marker="#set_options">set_options</seealso> - function. </p> - <p>Note that the validity of the options are <em>not</em> - checked in any way. </p> - <p>Note that this may change the socket behaviour + requests.</p> + <p>Overrides any value set by function + <seealso marker="#set_options">set_options</seealso>.</p> + <p>The validity of the options is <em>not</em> + checked in any way.</p> + <p>Notice that this can change the socket behavior (see <seealso marker="kernel:inet#setopts/2">inet:setopts/2</seealso>) for an already existing one, and therefore an already connected - request handler. </p> - <p>By default the socket options set by the + request handler.</p> + <p>By default the socket options set by function <seealso marker="#set_options">set_options/1,2</seealso> - function are used when establishing a connection. </p> + are used when establishing a connection.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[receiver]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>Defines how the client will deliver the result of an - asynchronous request (<c>sync</c> has the value - <c>false</c>). </p> + <p>Defines how the client delivers the result of an + asynchronous request (<c>sync</c> has the value + <c>false</c>).</p> <taglist> <tag><c><![CDATA[pid()]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>Message(s) will be sent to this process in the format: </p> -<pre> -{http, ReplyInfo} -</pre> + <p>Messages are sent to this process in the format + <c>{http, ReplyInfo}</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[function/1]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>Information will be delivered to the receiver via calls - to the provided fun: </p> -<pre> -Receiver(ReplyInfo) -</pre> + <p>Information is delivered to the receiver through calls + to the provided fun <c>Receiver(ReplyInfo)</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c><![CDATA[{Module, Function, Args}]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>Information will be delivered to the receiver via calls - to the callback function: </p> -<pre> -apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args]) -</pre> + <p>Information is delivered to the receiver through calls + to the callback function + <c>apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args])</c>.</p> </item> - </taglist> - <p>In all of the above cases, <c>ReplyInfo</c> has the following - structure: </p> + <p>In all of these cases, <c>ReplyInfo</c> has the following + structure:</p> <pre> {RequestId, saved_to_file} @@ -407,11 +400,10 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args]) {RequestId, Result} {RequestId, stream_start, Headers} {RequestId, stream_start, Headers, HandlerPid} -{RequestId, stream, BinBodyPart} -{RequestId, stream_end, Headers} -</pre> +{RequestId, stream, BinBodyPart} +{RequestId, stream_end, Headers}</pre> - <p>Defaults to the <c>pid()</c> of the process calling the request + <p>Default is the <c>pid()</c> of the process calling the request function (<c>self()</c>). </p> <marker id="ipv6_host_with_brackets"></marker> @@ -419,10 +411,10 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args]) <tag><c><![CDATA[ipv6_host_with_brackets]]></c></tag> <item> - <p>When parsing the Host-Port part of an URI with a IPv6 address - with brackets, shall we retain those brackets (<c>true</c>) or - strip them (<c>false</c>). </p> - <p>Defaults to <c>false</c>. </p> + <p>Defines when parsing the Host-Port part of an URI with an IPv6 address + with brackets, if those brackets are to be retained (<c>true</c>) + or stripped (<c>false</c>).</p> + <p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p> </item> </taglist> @@ -432,18 +424,19 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args]) </func> <func> - <name>cancel_request(RequestId) -> </name> + <name>cancel_request(RequestId) -></name> <name>cancel_request(RequestId, Profile) -> ok</name> - <fsummary>Cancels an asynchronous HTTP-request.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Cancels an asynchronous HTTP request.</fsummary> <type> <v>RequestId = request_id() - A unique identifier as returned by request/4</v> - <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v> + <v>Profile = profile() | pid()</v> + <d>When started <c>stand_alone</c>.</d> </type> <desc> - <p>Cancels an asynchronous HTTP-request. Note this does not guarantee - that the request response will not be delivered, as it is asynchronous the - the request may already have been completed when the cancellation arrives. + <p>Cancels an asynchronous HTTP request. Notice that this does not guarantee + that the request response is not delivered. Because it is asynchronous, + the request can already have been completed when the cancellation arrives. </p> <marker id="set_options"></marker> @@ -456,106 +449,106 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args]) <fsummary>Sets options to be used for subsequent requests.</fsummary> <type> <v>Options = [Option]</v> - <v>Option = {proxy, {Proxy, NoProxy}} | - {https_proxy, {Proxy, NoProxy}} | - {max_sessions, MaxSessions} | - {max_keep_alive_length, MaxKeepAlive} | - {keep_alive_timeout, KeepAliveTimeout} | - {max_pipeline_length, MaxPipeline} | - {pipeline_timeout, PipelineTimeout} | - {cookies, CookieMode} | - {ipfamily, IpFamily} | - {ip, IpAddress} | - {port, Port} | - {socket_opts, socket_opts()} | - {verbose, VerboseMode} </v> - + <v>Option = {proxy, {Proxy, NoProxy}}</v> + <v>| {https_proxy, {Proxy, NoProxy}}</v> + <v>| {max_sessions, MaxSessions}</v> + <v>| {max_keep_alive_length, MaxKeepAlive}</v> + <v>| {keep_alive_timeout, KeepAliveTimeout}</v> + <v>| {max_pipeline_length, MaxPipeline}</v> + <v>| {pipeline_timeout, PipelineTimeout}</v> + <v>| {cookies, CookieMode}</v> + <v>| {ipfamily, IpFamily}</v> + <v>| {ip, IpAddress}</v> + <v>| {port, Port}</v> + <v>| {socket_opts, socket_opts()}</v> + <v>| {verbose, VerboseMode}</v> <v>Proxy = {Hostname, Port}</v> - <v>Hostname = string() </v> - <d>ex: "localhost" or "foo.bar.se"</d> + <v>Hostname = string()</v> + <d>Example: "localhost" or "foo.bar.se"</d> <v>Port = integer()</v> - <d>ex: 8080 </d> + <d>Example: 8080</d> <v>NoProxy = [NoProxyDesc]</v> <v>NoProxyDesc = DomainDesc | HostName | IPDesc</v> <v>DomainDesc = "*.Domain"</v> - <d>ex: "*.ericsson.se"</d> + <d>Example: "*.ericsson.se"</d> <v>IpDesc = string()</v> - <d>ex: "134.138" or "[FEDC:BA98" (all IP-addresses starting with 134.138 or FEDC:BA98), "66.35.250.150" or "[2010:836B:4179::836B:4179]" (a complete IP-address).</d> - - <d>proxy defaults to {undefined, []} e.i. no proxy is configured and https_proxy defaults to - the value of proxy.</d> - - <v>MaxSessions = integer() </v> - <d>Default is <c>2</c>. - Maximum number of persistent connections to a host.</d> - <v>MaxKeepAlive = integer() </v> - <d>Default is <c>5</c>. - Maximum number of outstanding requests on the same connection to - a host.</d> - <v>KeepAliveTimeout = integer() </v> - <d>Default is <c>120000</c> (= 2 min). - If a persistent connection is idle longer than the + <d>Example: "134.138" or "[FEDC:BA98" + (all IP addresses starting with 134.138 or FEDC:BA98), + "66.35.250.150" or "[2010:836B:4179::836B:4179]" (a complete IP address).</d> + <d><c>proxy</c> defaults to <c>{undefined, []}</c>, + that is, no proxy is configured and + <c>https_proxy</c> defaults to the value of <c>proxy</c>.</d> + <v>MaxSessions = integer()</v> + <d>Maximum number of persistent connections to a host. + Default is <c>2</c>.</d> + <v>MaxKeepAlive = integer()</v> + <d>Maximum number of outstanding requests on the same connection to + a host. Default is <c>5</c>.</d> + <v>KeepAliveTimeout = integer()</v> + <d>If a persistent connection is idle longer than the <c>keep_alive_timeout</c> in milliseconds, - the client will close the connection. - The server may also have such a time out but you should - not count on it!</d> - <v>MaxPipeline = integer() </v> - <d>Default is <c>2</c>. - Maximum number of outstanding requests on a pipelined connection - to a host.</d> - <v>PipelineTimeout = integer() </v> - <d>Default is <c>0</c>, - which will result in pipelining not being used. - If a persistent connection is idle longer than the + the client closes the connection. + The server can also have such a time-out but do not take that for granted. + Default is <c>120000</c> (= 2 min).</d> + <v>MaxPipeline = integer()</v> + <d>Maximum number of outstanding requests on a pipelined connection + to a host. Default is <c>2</c>.</d> + <v>PipelineTimeout = integer()</v> + <d>If a persistent connection is idle longer than the <c>pipeline_timeout</c> in milliseconds, - the client will close the connection. </d> - <v>CookieMode = enabled | disabled | verify </v> - <d>Default is <c>disabled</c>. - If Cookies are enabled all valid cookies will automatically be - saved in the client manager's cookie database. - If the option <c>verify</c> is used the function <c>store_cookies/2</c> - has to be called for the cookies to be saved.</d> - <v>IpFamily = inet | inet6 | inet6fb4 </v> - <d>By default <c>inet</c>. - When it is set to <c>inet6fb4</c> you can use both ipv4 and ipv6. - It first tries <c>inet6</c> and if that does not works falls back to <c>inet</c>. - The option is here to provide a workaround for buggy ipv6 stacks to ensure that - ipv4 will always work.</d> - <v>IpAddress = ip_address() </v> - <d>If the host has several network interfaces, this option specifies which one to use. - See <seealso marker="kernel:gen_tcp#connect">gen_tcp:connect/3,4</seealso> for more info. </d> - <v>Port = integer() </v> - <d>Specify which local port number to use. - See <seealso marker="kernel:gen_tcp#connect">gen_tcp:connect/3,4</seealso> for more info. </d> + the client closes the connection. Default is <c>0</c>, + which results in pipelining not being used.</d> + <v>CookieMode = enabled | disabled | verify</v> + <d>If cookies are enabled, all valid cookies are automatically + saved in the cookie database of the client manager. + If option <c>verify</c> is used, function <c>store_cookies/2</c> + has to be called for the cookies to be saved. + Default is <c>disabled</c>.</d> + <v>IpFamily = inet | inet6 | inet6fb4</v> + <d>When set to <c>inet6fb4</c>, both IPv4 and IPv6 can be used. + First <c>inet6</c> is tried and if that does not work it falls + back to <c>inet</c>. + The option is to provide a workaround for buggy IPv6 stacks to ensure that + IPv4 always works. Default is <c>inet</c>.</d> + <v>IpAddress = ip_address()</v> + <d>If the host has several network interfaces, this option specifies + which one to use. + See <seealso marker="kernel:gen_tcp#connect">gen_tcp:connect/3,4</seealso> + for details.</d> + <v>Port = integer()</v> + <d>Local port number to use. + See <seealso marker="kernel:gen_tcp#connect">gen_tcp:connect/3,4</seealso> + for details.</d> <v>socket_opts() = [socket_opt()]</v> <d>The options are appended to the socket options used by the - client. </d> + client.</d> <d>These are the default values when a new request handler is started (for the initial connect). They are passed directly - to the underlying transport (gen_tcp or ssl) <em>without</em> - verification! </d> - <v>VerboseMode = false | verbose | debug | trace </v> + to the underlying transport (<c>gen_tcp</c> or <c>SSL</c>) + <em>without</em> verification.</d> + <v>VerboseMode = false | verbose | debug | trace</v> <d>Default is <c>false</c>. This option is used to switch on (or off) - different levels of erlang trace on the client. + different levels of Erlang trace on the client. It is a debug feature.</d> - <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v> + <v>Profile = profile() | pid()</v> + <d>When started <c>stand_alone</c>.</d> </type> <desc> <p>Sets options to be used for subsequent requests.</p> <note> - <p>If possible the client will keep its connections - alive and use persistent connections - with or without pipeline depending on configuration + <p>If possible, the client keeps its connections + alive and uses persistent connections + with or without pipeline depending on configuration and current circumstances. The HTTP/1.1 specification does not - provide a guideline for how many requests would be - ideal to be sent on a persistent connection, - this very much depends on the - application. Note that a very long queue of requests may cause a - user perceived delay as earlier requests may take a long time - to complete. The HTTP/1.1 specification does suggest a - limit of 2 persistent connections per server, which is the - default value of the <c>max_sessions</c> option. </p> + provide a guideline for how many requests that are + ideal to be sent on a persistent connection. + This depends much on the application.</p> + <p>A long queue of requests can cause a + user-perceived delay, as earlier requests can take a long time + to complete. The HTTP/1.1 specification suggests a + limit of two persistent connections per server, which is the + default value of option <c>max_sessions</c>.</p> </note> <marker id="get_options"></marker> @@ -581,9 +574,10 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args]) port | socket_opts | verbose</v> - <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v> + <v>Profile = profile() | pid(</v> + <d>When started <c>stand_alone</c>.</d> <v>Values = [{option_item(), term()}]</v> - <v>Reason = term() </v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> <p>Retrieves the options currently used by the client.</p> @@ -594,15 +588,16 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args]) <func> <name>stream_next(Pid) -> ok</name> - <fsummary> Triggers the next message to be streamed, e.i. - same behavior as active once for sockets. + <fsummary>Triggers the next message to be streamed, that is, + the same behavior as active ones for sockets. </fsummary> <type> - <v>Pid = pid() - as received in the stream_start message</v> + <v>Pid = pid()</v> + <d>As received in the <c>stream_start message</c></d> </type> <desc> - <p>Triggers the next message to be streamed, e.i. - same behavior as active once for sockets. </p> + <p>Triggers the next message to be streamed, that is, + the same behavior as active ones for sockets.</p> <marker id="verify_cookies"></marker> <marker id="store_cookies"></marker> @@ -612,18 +607,19 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args]) <func> <name>store_cookies(SetCookieHeaders, Url) -> </name> <name>store_cookies(SetCookieHeaders, Url, Profile) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Saves the cookies defined in SetCookieHeaders in the client profile's cookie database.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Saves the cookies defined in <c>SetCookieHeaders</c> in the + client profile cookie database.</fsummary> <type> <v>SetCookieHeaders = headers() - where field = "set-cookie"</v> <v>Url = url()</v> - <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v> + <v>Profile = profile() | pid()</v> + <d>When started <c>stand_alone</c>.</d> </type> <desc> - <p>Saves the cookies defined in SetCookieHeaders - in the client profile's cookie database. You need to - call this function if you have set the option <c>cookies</c> - to <c>verify</c>. - If no profile is specified the default profile will be used. </p> + <p>Saves the cookies defined in <c>SetCookieHeaders</c> + in the client profile cookie database. + Call this function if option <c>cookies</c> is set to <c>verify</c>. + If no profile is specified, the default profile is used.</p> <marker id="cookie_header"></marker> </desc> @@ -633,22 +629,23 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args]) <name>cookie_header(Url) -> </name> <name>cookie_header(Url, Profile | Opts) -> header() | {error, Reason}</name> <name>cookie_header(Url, Opts, Profile) -> header() | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Returns the cookie header that would be sent when - making a request to Url using the profile <c>Profile</c>.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Returns the cookie header that would have been sent when + making a request to URL using the profile <c>Profile</c>.</fsummary> <type> <v>Url = url()</v> <v>Opts = [cookie_header_opt()]</v> - <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v> + <v>Profile = profile() | pid()</v> + <d>When started <c>stand_alone</c>.</d> <v>cookie_header_opt() = {ipv6_host_with_brackets, boolean()}</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Returns the cookie header that would be sent - when making a request to <c>Url</c> using the profile <c>Profile</c>. - If no profile is specified the default profile will be used. </p> - <p>The option <c>ipv6_host_with_bracket</c> deals with how to - parse IPv6 addresses. - See the <c>Options</c> argument of the - <seealso marker="#request2">request/4,5</seealso> for more info. </p> + <p>Returns the cookie header that would have been sent + when making a request to <c>Url</c> using profile <c>Profile</c>. + If no profile is specified, the default profile is used.</p> + <p>Option <c>ipv6_host_with_bracket</c> deals with how to + parse IPv6 addresses. For details, + see argument <c>Options</c> of + <seealso marker="#request2">request/4,5</seealso>.</p> <marker id="reset_cookies"></marker> </desc> @@ -658,14 +655,15 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args]) <func> <name>reset_cookies() -> void()</name> <name>reset_cookies(Profile) -> void()</name> - <fsummary>Reset the cookie database.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Resets the cookie database.</fsummary> <type> - <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v> + <v>Profile = profile() | pid()</v> + <d>When started <c>stand_alone</c>.</d> </type> <desc> <p>Resets (clears) the cookie database for the specified <c>Profile</c>. If no profile is specified the default profile - will be used. </p> + is used.</p> <marker id="which_cookies"></marker> </desc> @@ -675,18 +673,19 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args]) <func> <name>which_cookies() -> cookies()</name> <name>which_cookies(Profile) -> cookies()</name> - <fsummary>Dumps out the entire cookie database.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Dumps the entire cookie database.</fsummary> <type> - <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v> + <v>Profile = profile() | pid()</v> + <d>When started <c>stand_alone</c>.</d> <v>cookies() = [cookie_stores()]</v> <v>cookie_stores() = {cookies, cookies()} | {session_cookies, cookies()}</v> <v>cookies() = [cookie()]</v> <v>cookie() = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>This function produces a list of the entire cookie database. - It is intended for debugging/testing purposes. - If no profile is specified the default profile will be used. </p> + <p>Produces a list of the entire cookie database. + Intended for debugging/testing purposes. + If no profile is specified, the default profile is used.</p> <marker id="which_sessions"></marker> </desc> @@ -697,16 +696,17 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args]) <name>which_sessions(Profile) -> session_info()</name> <fsummary>Produces a slightly processed dump of the sessions database.</fsummary> <type> - <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v> + <v>Profile = profile() | pid()</v> + <d>When started <c>stand_alone</c>.</d> <v>session_info() = {GoodSessions, BadSessions, NonSessions}</v> <v>GoodSessions = session()</v> <v>BadSessions = tuple()</v> <v>NonSessions = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>This function produces a slightly processed dump of the session + <p>Produces a slightly processed dump of the session database. It is intended for debugging. - If no profile is specified the default profile will be used. </p> + If no profile is specified, the default profile is used.</p> <marker id="info"></marker> </desc> @@ -715,23 +715,25 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args]) <func> <name>info() -> list()</name> <name>info(Profile) -> list()</name> - <fsummary>Produces a list of miscelleneous info</fsummary> + <fsummary>Produces a list of miscellaneous information.</fsummary> <type> - <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v> + <v>Profile = profile() | pid()</v> + <d>When started <c>stand_alone</c>.</d> </type> <desc> - <p>This function produces a list of miscelleneous info. - It is intended for debugging. - If no profile is specified the default profile will be used. </p> + <p>Produces a list of miscellaneous information. + Intended for debugging. + If no profile is specified, the default profile is used.</p> </desc> </func> </funcs> <section> <title>SEE ALSO</title> - <p>RFC 2616, <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso>, - <seealso marker="kernel:gen_tcp">gen_tcp(3)</seealso>, - <seealso marker="ssl:ssl">ssl(3)</seealso> + <p><url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>, + <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso>, + <seealso marker="kernel:gen_tcp">gen_tcp(3)</seealso>, + <seealso marker="ssl:ssl">ssl(3)</seealso> </p> </section> diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml index 7ea9b9318f..c02e23438f 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml @@ -31,136 +31,135 @@ </header> <module>httpd</module> <modulesummary>An implementation of an HTTP - 1.1 compliant Web server, as defined in RFC 2616. + 1.1 compliant web server, as defined in RFC 2616. </modulesummary> <description> - <p>Documents the HTTP server start options, some administrative - functions and also specifies the Erlang Web server callback - API</p> + <p>This module provides the HTTP server start options, some administrative + functions, and specifies the Erlang web server callback + API.</p> </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>boolean() = true | false </c></p> - <p><c>string() = list of ASCII characters</c></p> - <p><c>path() = string() - representing a file or directory path.</c></p> - <p><c> ip_address() = {N1,N2,N3,N4} % IPv4 + <p><c>boolean() = true | false</c></p> + <p><c>string()</c> = list of ASCII characters</p> + <p><c>path() = string()</c> representing a file or a directory path</p> + <p><c> ip_address() = {N1,N2,N3,N4} % IPv4 | {K1,K2,K3,K4,K5,K6,K7,K8} % IPv6</c></p> - <p><c>hostname() = string() - representing a host ex "foo.bar.com"</c></p> + <p><c>hostname() = string()</c> representing a host, for example, + "foo.bar.com"</p> <p><c>property() = atom()</c></p> </section> <section> - <title>ERLANG HTTP SERVER SERVICE START/STOP </title> - <p>A web server can be configured to start when starting the inets - application or started dynamically in runtime by calling the - Inets application API <c>inets:start(httpd, ServiceConfig)</c>, or + <title>ERLANG HTTP SERVER SERVICE START/STOP</title> + <p>A web server can be configured to start when starting the <c>Inets</c> + application, or dynamically in runtime by calling the + <c>Inets</c> application API <c>inets:start(httpd, ServiceConfig)</c> or <c>inets:start(httpd, ServiceConfig, How)</c>, - see <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso> Below follows a - description of the available configuration options, also called - properties.</p> + see <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso>. + The configuration options, also called + properties, are as follows:</p> <marker id="props_file"></marker> - <p><em>File properties</em></p> + <p><em>File Properties</em></p> <p>When the web server is started - at application start time the properties should be fetched from a - configuration file that could consist of a regular erlang property - list, e.i. <c>[{Option, Value}] </c> where <c> Option = property() + at application start time, the properties are to be fetched from a + configuration file that can consist of a regular Erlang property + list, that is, <c>[{Option, Value}]</c>, where <c> Option = property() </c> and <c>Value = term()</c>, followed by a full stop, or for - backwards compatibility an Apache like configuration file. If the - web server is started dynamically at runtime you may still specify - a file but you could also just specify the complete property + backwards compatibility, an Apache-like configuration file. If the + web server is started dynamically at runtime, + a file can still be specified but also the complete property list.</p> <taglist> <marker id="prop_proplist_file"></marker> <tag>{proplist_file, path()}</tag> <item> - <p>If this property is defined inets will expect to find - all other properties defined in this file. Note that the + <p>If this property is defined, <c>Inets</c> expects to find + all other properties defined in this file. The file must include all properties listed under mandatory - properties. </p> + properties.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_file"></marker> <tag>{file, path()}</tag> <item> - <p>If this property is defined inets will expect to find all - other properties defined in this file, that uses Apache like - syntax. Note that the file must include all properties listed - under mandatory properties. The Apache like syntax is the property, + <p>If this property is defined, <c>Inets</c> expects to find all + other properties defined in this file, which uses Apache-like + syntax. The file must include all properties listed + under mandatory properties. The Apache-like syntax is the property, written as one word where each new word begins with a capital, - followed by a white-space followed by the value followed by a - new line. Ex: </p> - + followed by a white-space, followed by the value, followed by a + new line.</p> + <p>Example:</p> <code> -{server_root, "/urs/local/www"} -> ServerRoot /usr/local/www - </code> +{server_root, "/urs/local/www"} -> ServerRoot /usr/local/www</code> - <p>With a few exceptions, that are documented + <p>A few exceptions are documented for each property that behaves differently, - and the special case {directory, {path(), PropertyList}} and - {security_directory, {Dir, PropertyList}} that are represented + and the special cases <c>{directory, {path(), PropertyList}}</c> + and <c>{security_directory, {Dir, PropertyList}}</c>, are represented as:</p> <pre> <![CDATA[ <Directory Dir> <Properties handled as described above> </Directory> - ]]> - </pre> + ]]></pre> </item> </taglist> <note> - <p>The properties proplist_file and file are mutually exclusive.</p> + <p>The properties <c>proplist_file</c> and <c>file</c> are mutually exclusive.</p> </note> <marker id="props_mand"></marker> - <p><em>Mandatory properties</em></p> + <p><em>Mandatory Properties</em></p> <taglist> <marker id="prop_port"></marker> <tag>{port, integer()} </tag> <item> - <p>The port that the HTTP server shall listen on. + <p>The port that the HTTP server is to listen on. If zero is specified as port, an arbitrary available port - will be picked and you can use the httpd:info/2 function to find - out which port was picked. </p> + is picked and function <c>httpd:info/2</c> can be used to + determine which port was picked.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_server_name"></marker> - <tag>{server_name, string()} </tag> + <tag>{server_name, string()}</tag> <item> - <p>The name of your server, normally a fully qualified domain name. </p> + <p>The name of your server, normally a fully qualified domain name.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_server_root"></marker> - <tag>{server_root, path()} </tag> + <tag>{server_root, path()}</tag> <item> - <p>Defines the server's home directory where log files etc can - be stored. Relative paths specified in other properties refer - to this directory. </p> + <p>Defines the home directory of the server, where log files, and so on, + can be stored. Relative paths specified in other properties refer + to this directory.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_doc_root"></marker> <tag>{document_root, path()}</tag> <item> - Defines the top directory for the documents that - are available on the HTTP server. + <p>Defines the top directory for the documents that + are available on the HTTP server.</p> </item> </taglist> <marker id="props_comm"></marker> - <p><em>Communication properties</em> </p> + <p><em>Communication Properties</em></p> <taglist> <marker id="prop_bind_address"></marker> - <tag>{bind_address, ip_address() | hostname() | any} </tag> + <tag>{bind_address, ip_address() | hostname() | any}</tag> <item> - <p>Defaults to <c>any</c>. Note that <c>any</c> is denoted <em>*</em> - in the apache like configuration file. </p> + <p>Default is <c>any</c>. <c>any</c> is denoted <em>*</em> + in the Apache-like configuration file.</p> </item> <marker id="profile"></marker> @@ -180,42 +179,43 @@ <marker id="prop_socket_type"></marker> <tag>{socket_type, ip_comm | {essl, Config::proplist()}}</tag> <item> - <p> For ssl configuration options see <seealso marker="ssl:ssl#listen-2">ssl:listen/2</seealso> </p> - <p>Defaults to <c>ip_comm</c>. </p> + <p>For <c>SSL</c> configuration options, see + <seealso marker="ssl:ssl#listen-2">ssl:listen/2</seealso>.</p> + <p>Default is <c>ip_comm</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_ipfamily"></marker> <tag>{ipfamily, inet | inet6 | inet6fb4}</tag> <item> - <p>Defaults to <c>inet6fb4. </c> </p> - <p>Note that this option is only used when the option - <c>socket_type</c> has the value <c>ip_comm</c>. </p> + <p>This option is only used when option + <c>socket_type</c> has value <c>ip_comm</c>.</p> + <p>Default is <c>inet6fb4</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_minimum_bytes_per_second"></marker> <tag>{minimum_bytes_per_second, integer()}</tag> <item> - <p>If given, sets a minimum bytes per second value for connections.</p> - <p>If the value is not reached, the socket will close for that connection.</p> - <p>The option is good for reducing the risk of "slow dos" attacks.</p> + <p>If given, sets a minimum of bytes per second value for connections.</p> + <p>If the value is unreached, the socket closes for that connection.</p> + <p>The option is good for reducing the risk of "slow DoS" attacks.</p> </item> </taglist> <marker id="props_api_modules"></marker> - <p><em>Erlang Web server API modules</em> </p> + <p><em>Erlang Web Server API Modules</em> </p> <taglist> <marker id="prop_modules"></marker> <tag>{modules, [atom()]} </tag> <item> - <p>Defines which modules the HTTP server will use to handle - requests. Defaults to: <c>[mod_alias, mod_auth, mod_esi, + <p>Defines which modules the HTTP server uses when handling + requests. Default is <c>[mod_alias, mod_auth, mod_esi, mod_actions, mod_cgi, mod_dir, mod_get, mod_head, mod_log, - mod_disk_log] </c> - Note that some mod-modules are dependent on - others, so the order can not be entirely arbitrary. See the - <seealso marker="http_server"> Inets Web server Modules in the - Users guide</seealso> for more information. </p> + mod_disk_log]</c>. + Notice that some <c>mod</c>-modules are dependent on + others, so the order cannot be entirely arbitrary. See the + <seealso marker="http_server">Inets Web Server Modules</seealso> in the + User’s Guide for details.</p> </item> </taglist> @@ -233,406 +233,407 @@ <marker id="prop_disable_chunked_encoding"></marker> <tag>{disable_chunked_transfer_encoding_send, boolean()}</tag> <item> - <p>This property allows you to disable chunked - transfer-encoding when sending a response to a HTTP/1.1 - client, by default this is false. </p> + <p>Allows you to disable chunked + transfer-encoding when sending a response to an HTTP/1.1 + client. Default is <c>false</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_keep_alive"></marker> <tag>{keep_alive, boolean()}</tag> <item> - <p>Instructs the server whether or not to use persistent + <p>Instructs the server whether to use persistent connections when the client claims to be HTTP/1.1 - compliant, default is true. </p> + compliant. Default is <c>true</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_keep_alive_timeout"></marker> <tag>{keep_alive_timeout, integer()}</tag> <item> - <p>The number of seconds the server will wait for a + <p>The number of seconds the server waits for a subsequent request from the client before closing the - connection. Default is 150. </p> + connection. Default is <c>150</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_max_body_size"></marker> <tag>{max_body_size, integer()}</tag> <item> - <p>Limits the size of the message body of HTTP request. - By the default there is no limit. </p> + <p>Limits the size of the message body of an HTTP request. + Default is no limit.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_max_clients"></marker> <tag>{max_clients, integer()}</tag> <item> <p>Limits the number of simultaneous requests that can be - supported. Defaults to 150. </p> + supported. Default is <c>150</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_max_header_size"></marker> <tag>{max_header_size, integer()}</tag> <item> - <p>Limits the size of the message header of HTTP request. - Defaults to 10240. </p> + <p>Limits the size of the message header of an HTTP request. + Default is <c>10240</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_max_content_length"></marker> <tag>{max_content_length, integer()}</tag> <item> - <p>Maximum Content-Length in an incoming request, in bytes. Requests - with content larger than this are answered with Status 413. - Defaults to 100000000 (100 MB). + <p>Maximum content-length in an incoming request, in bytes. Requests + with content larger than this are answered with status 413. + Default is <c>100000000</c> (100 MB). </p> </item> <marker id="prop_max_uri"></marker> <tag>{max_uri_size, integer()}</tag> <item> - <p>Limits the size of the HTTP request URI. By - default there is no limit. </p> + <p>Limits the size of the HTTP request URI. + Default is no limit.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_max_keep_alive_req"></marker> <tag>{max_keep_alive_request, integer()}</tag> <item> - <p>The number of request that a client can do on one + <p>The number of requests that a client can do on one connection. When the server has responded to the number of - requests defined by max_keep_alive_requests the server close the - connection. The server will close it even if there are queued - request. Defaults to no limit. </p> + requests defined by <c>max_keep_alive_requests</c>, the server + closes the connection. The server closes it even if there are + queued request. Default is no limit.</p> </item> </taglist> <marker id="props_admin"></marker> - <p><em>Administrative properties</em></p> + <p><em>Administrative Properties</em></p> <taglist> <marker id="prop_mime_types"></marker> <tag>{mime_types, [{MimeType, Extension}] | path()}</tag> <item> - <p>Where MimeType = string() and Extension = string(). + <p><c>MimeType = string()</c> and <c>Extension = string()</c>. Files delivered to the client are MIME typed according to RFC 1590. File suffixes are mapped to MIME types before file delivery. The mapping between file suffixes and MIME types can be specified - as an Apache like file as well as directly in the property list. Such - a file may look like:</p> + as an Apache-like file or directly in the property list. Such + a file can look like the follwoing:</p> <pre> # MIME type Extension text/html html htm -text/plain asc txt - </pre> +text/plain asc txt</pre> - <p>Defaults to [{"html","text/html"},{"htm","text/html"}]</p> + <p>Default is [{"html","text/html"},{"htm","text/html"}].</p> </item> <marker id="prop_mime_type"></marker> <tag>{mime_type, string()}</tag> <item> - <p>When the server is asked to provide a document type which - cannot be determined by the MIME Type Settings, the server will - use this default type. </p> + <p>When the server is asked to provide a document type that + cannot be determined by the MIME Type Settings, the server + uses this default type.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_server_admin"></marker> <tag>{server_admin, string()}</tag> <item> - <p>ServerAdmin defines the email-address of the server - administrator, to be included in any error messages returned by - the server. </p> + <p>Defines the email-address of the server + administrator to be included in any error messages returned by + the server.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_server_tokens"></marker> <tag>{server_tokens, none|prod|major|minor|minimal|os|full|{private, string()}}</tag> <item> - <p>ServerTokens defines how the value of the server header - should look. </p> - <p>Example: Assuming the version of inets is 5.8.1, - here is what the server header string could look like for - the different values of server-tokens: </p> - <pre> -none "" % A Server: header will not be generated -prod "inets" -major "inets/5" -minor "inets/5.8" -minimal "inets/5.8.1" -os "inets/5.8.1 (unix)" -full "inets/5.8.1 (unix/linux) OTP/R15B" -{private, "foo/bar"} "foo/bar" - </pre> - <p>By default, the value is as before, which is <c>minimal</c>. </p> + <p>Defines the look of the value of the server header.</p> + <p>Example: Assuming the version of <c>Inets</c> is 5.8.1, + the server header string can look as follows for + the different values of server-tokens:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>none</c></tag> + <item><p>"" % A Server: header will not be generated</p></item> + <tag><c>prod</c></tag> + <item><p>"inets"</p></item> + <tag><c>major</c></tag> + <item><p>"inets/5"</p></item> + <tag><c>minor</c></tag> + <item><p>"inets/5.8"</p></item> + <tag><c>minimal</c></tag> + <item><p>"inets/5.8.1"</p></item> + <tag><c>os</c></tag> + <item><p>"inets/5.8.1 (unix)"</p></item> + <tag><c>full</c></tag> + <item><p>"inets/5.8.1 (unix/linux) OTP/R15B"</p></item> + <tag><c>{private, "foo/bar"}</c></tag> + <item><p>"foo/bar"</p></item> + </taglist> + <p>By default, the value is as before, that is, <c>minimal</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_log_format"></marker> <tag>{log_format, common | combined}</tag> <item> - <p>Defines if access logs should be written according to the common - log format or to the extended common log format. - The <c>common</c> format is one line that looks like this: - <c>remotehost rfc931 authuser [date] "request" status bytes</c></p> - - <pre> -remotehost - Remote -rfc931 - The client's remote username (RFC 931). -authuser - The username with which the user authenticated - himself. -[date] - Date and time of the request (RFC 1123). -"request" - The request line exactly as it came from the client - (RFC 1945). -status - The HTTP status code returned to the client - (RFC 1945). -bytes - The content-length of the document transferred. - </pre> - - <p>The <c>combined</c> format is on line that look like this: + <p>Defines if access logs are to be written according to the <c>common</c> + log format or the extended common log format. + The <c>common</c> format is one line looking like this: + <c>remotehost rfc931 authuser [date] "request" status bytes</c>.</p> + <p>Here:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>remotehost</c></tag> + <item>Remote.</item> + <tag><c>rfc931</c></tag> + <item>The remote username of the client (RFC 931).</item> + <tag><c>authuser</c></tag> + <item>The username used for authentication.</item> + <tag><c>[date]</c></tag> + <item>Date and time of the request (RFC 1123).</item> + <tag><c>"request"</c></tag> + <item>The request line as it came from the client (RFC 1945).</item> + <tag><c>status</c></tag> + <item>The HTTP status code returned to the client (RFC 1945).</item> + <tag><c>bytes</c></tag> + <item>The content-length of the document transferred.</item> + </taglist> + + <p>The <c>combined</c> format is one line looking like this: <c>remotehost rfc931 authuser [date] "request" status bytes "referer" "user_agent" </c></p> + <p>In addition to the earlier:</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>"referer"</c></tag> + <item>The URL the client was on before + requesting the URL (if it could not be determined, + a minus sign is placed in this field).</item> + <tag><c>"user_agent"</c></tag> + <item>The software the client claims to be using (if it + could not be determined, a minus sign is placed in + this field).</item> + </taglist> - <pre> -"referer" - The url the client was on before - requesting your url. (If it could not be determined - a minus sign will be placed in this field) -"user_agent" - The software the client claims to be using. (If it - could not be determined a minus sign will be placed in - this field) - </pre> - - <p>This affects the access logs written by mod_log and mod_disk_log. - </p> - + <p>This affects the access logs written by <c>mod_log</c> and + <c>mod_disk_log</c>. + </p> </item> <marker id="prop_elog_format"></marker> <tag>{error_log_format, pretty | compact}</tag> <item> - <p>Defaults to pretty. If the error log is meant to be read - directly by a human <c>pretty</c> will be the best - option. <c>pretty</c> has the format corresponding to: - </p> + <p>Default is <c>pretty</c>. If the error log is meant to be read + directly by a human, <c>pretty</c> is the best option.</p> + <p><c>pretty</c> has a format corresponding to:</p> - <code>io:format("[~s] ~s, reason: ~n ~p ~n~n", [Date, Msg, Reason]). - </code> + <code>io:format("[~s] ~s, reason: ~n ~p ~n~n", [Date, Msg, Reason]).</code> - <p><c>compact</c> has the format corresponding to:</p> + <p><c>compact</c> has a format corresponding to:</p> - <code>io:format("[~s] ~s, reason: ~w ~n", [Date, Msg, Reason]). - </code> + <code>io:format("[~s] ~s, reason: ~w ~n", [Date, Msg, Reason]).</code> - <p>This affects the error logs written by mod_log and mod_disk_log. + <p>This affects the error logs written by <c>mod_log</c> and + <c>mod_disk_log</c>. </p> </item> </taglist> <marker id="props_alias"></marker> - <p><em>URL aliasing properties - requires mod_alias</em></p> + <p><em>URL Aliasing Properties - Requires mod_alias</em></p> <taglist> <marker id="prop_alias"></marker> <tag>{alias, {Alias, RealName}}</tag> <item> - <p>Where Alias = string() and RealName = string(). - The Alias property allows documents to be stored in the local file - system instead of the document_root location. URLs with a path that - begins with url-path is mapped to local files that begins with + <p><c>Alias = string()</c> and <c>RealName = string()</c>. + <c>alias</c> allows documents to be stored in the local file + system instead of the <c>document_root</c> location. URLs with a path + beginning with url-path is mapped to local files beginning with directory-filename, for example: <code>{alias, {"/image", "/ftp/pub/image"}}</code> - and an access to http://your.server.org/image/foo.gif would refer to - the file /ftp/pub/image/foo.gif. </p> + Access to http://your.server.org/image/foo.gif would refer to + the file /ftp/pub/image/foo.gif.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_re_write"></marker> <tag>{re_write, {Re, Replacement}}</tag> <item> - <p>Where Re = string() and Replacement = string(). - The ReWrite property allows documents to be stored in the local file - system instead of the document_root location. URLs are rewritten - by re:replace/3 to produce a path in the local filesystem. - For example: + <p><c>Re = string()</c> and <c>Replacement = string()</c>. + <c>re_write</c> allows documents to be stored in the local file + system instead of the <c>document_root</c> location. URLs are rewritten + by <c>re:replace/3</c> to produce a path in the local file-system, + for example: <code>{re_write, {"^/[~]([^/]+)(.*)$", "/home/\\1/public\\2"}}</code> - and an access to http://your.server.org/~bob/foo.gif would refer to + Access to http://your.server.org/~bob/foo.gif would refer to the file /home/bob/public/foo.gif. - In an Apache like configuration file the Re is separated - from Replacement with one single space, and as expected - backslashes do not need to be backslash escaped so the + In an Apache-like configuration file, <c>Re</c> is separated + from <c>Replacement</c> with one single space, and as expected + backslashes do not need to be backslash escaped, the same example would become: <code>ReWrite ^/[~]([^/]+)(.*)$ /home/\1/public\2</code> - Beware of trailing space in Replacement that will be used. - If you must have a space in Re use e.g the character encoding - <code>\040</code> see <seealso marker="stdlib:re">re(3)</seealso>. </p> + Beware of trailing space in <c>Replacement</c> to be used. + If you must have a space in <c>Re</c>, use, for example, the character + encoding <c>\040</c>, see + <seealso marker="stdlib:re">re(3)</seealso>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_dir_idx"></marker> <tag>{directory_index, [string()]}</tag> <item> - <p>DirectoryIndex specifies a list of resources to look for - if a client requests a directory using a / at the end of the - directory name. file depicts the name of a file in the - directory. Several files may be given, in which case the server - will return the first it finds, for example: + <p><c>directory_index</c> specifies a list of resources to look for + if a client requests a directory using a <c>/</c> at the end of the + directory name. <c>file</c> depicts the name of a file in the + directory. Several files can be given, in which case the server + returns the first it finds, for example: <code>{directory_index, ["index.hml", "welcome.html"]}</code> - and access to http://your.server.org/docs/ would return + Access to http://your.server.org/docs/ would return http://your.server.org/docs/index.html or - http://your.server.org/docs/welcome.html if index.html do not - exist. </p> + http://your.server.org/docs/welcome.html if index.html does not + exist.</p> </item> </taglist> <marker id="props_cgi"></marker> - <p><em>CGI properties - requires mod_cgi</em></p> + <p><em>CGI Properties - Requires mod_cgi</em></p> <taglist> <marker id="prop_script_alias"></marker> <tag>{script_alias, {Alias, RealName}}</tag> <item> - <p>Where Alias = string() and RealName = string(). - Has the same behavior as the Alias property, except that - it also marks the target directory as containing CGI + <p><c>Alias = string()</c> and <c>RealName = string()</c>. + Have the same behavior as property <c>alias</c>, except that + they also mark the target directory as containing CGI scripts. URLs with a path beginning with url-path are mapped to scripts beginning with directory-filename, for example: <code>{script_alias, {"/cgi-bin/", "/web/cgi-bin/"}}</code> - and an access to http://your.server.org/cgi-bin/foo would cause - the server to run the script /web/cgi-bin/foo. </p> + Access to http://your.server.org/cgi-bin/foo would cause + the server to run the script /web/cgi-bin/foo.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_script_re_write"></marker> <tag>{script_re_write, {Re, Replacement}}</tag> <item> - <p>Where Re = string() and Replacement = string(). - Has the same behavior as the ReWrite property, except that - it also marks the target directory as containing CGI + <p><c>Re = string()</c> and <c>Replacement = string()</c>. + Have the same behavior as property <c>re_write</c>, except that + they also mark the target directory as containing CGI scripts. URLs with a path beginning with url-path are mapped to scripts beginning with directory-filename, for example: <code>{script_re_write, {"^/cgi-bin/(\\d+)/", "/web/\\1/cgi-bin/"}}</code> - and an access to http://your.server.org/cgi-bin/17/foo would cause - the server to run the script /web/17/cgi-bin/foo. </p> + Access to http://your.server.org/cgi-bin/17/foo would cause + the server to run the script /web/17/cgi-bin/foo.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_script_nocache"></marker> <tag>{script_nocache, boolean()}</tag> <item> - <p>If ScriptNoCache is set to true the HTTP server will by - default add the header fields necessary to prevent proxies from - caching the page. Generally this is something you want. Defaults - to false. </p> + <p>If <c>script_nocache</c> is set to <c>true</c>, the HTTP server by + default adds the header fields necessary to prevent proxies from + caching the page. Generally this is preferred. + Default to <c>false</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_script_timeout"></marker> <tag>{script_timeout, integer()}</tag> <item> - <p>The time in seconds the web server will wait between each - chunk of data from the script. If the CGI-script not delivers - any data before the timeout the connection to the client will be - closed. Defaults to 15. </p> + <p>The time in seconds the web server waits between each + chunk of data from the script. If the CGI script does not deliver + any data before the timeout, the connection to the client is + closed. Default is <c>15</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_action"></marker> <tag>{action, {MimeType, CgiScript}} - requires mod_action</tag> <item> - <p>Where MimeType = string() and CgiScript = string(). - Action adds an action, which will activate a cgi-script - whenever a file of a certain mime-type is requested. It + <p><c>MimeType = string()</c> and <c>CgiScript = string()</c>. + <c>action</c> adds an action activating a CGI script + whenever a file of a certain MIME type is requested. It propagates the URL and file path of the requested document using the standard CGI PATH_INFO and PATH_TRANSLATED environment - variables. + variables.</p> + <p>Example:</p> <code>{action, {"text/plain", "/cgi-bin/log_and_deliver_text"}}</code> - </p> </item> <marker id="prop_script"></marker> <tag>{script, {Method, CgiScript}} - requires mod_action</tag> <item> - <p>Where Method = string() and CgiScript = string(). - Script adds an action, which will activate a cgi-script + <p><c>Method = string()</c> and <c>CgiScript = string()</c>. + <c>script</c> adds an action activating a CGI script whenever a file is requested using a certain HTTP method. The - method is either GET or POST as defined in RFC 1945. It + method is either GET or POST, as defined in RFC 1945. It propagates the URL and file path of the requested document using the standard CGI PATH_INFO and PATH_TRANSLATED environment - variables. + variables.</p> + <p>Example:</p> <code>{script, {"PUT", "/cgi-bin/put"}}</code> - </p> </item> </taglist> <marker id="props_esi"></marker> - <p><em>ESI properties - requires mod_esi</em></p> + <p><em>ESI Properties - Requires mod_esi</em></p> <taglist> <marker id="prop_esi_alias"></marker> <tag>{erl_script_alias, {URLPath, [AllowedModule]}}</tag> <item> - <p>Where URLPath = string() and AllowedModule = atom(). - erl_script_alias marks all URLs matching url-path as erl + <p><c>URLPath = string()</c> and <c>AllowedModule = atom()</c>. + <c>erl_script_alias</c> marks all URLs matching url-path as erl scheme scripts. A matching URL is mapped into a specific module - and function. For example: + and function, for example: - <code>{erl_script_alias, {"/cgi-bin/example", [httpd_example]}} - </code> + <code>{erl_script_alias, {"/cgi-bin/example", [httpd_example]}}</code> - and a request to + A request to http://your.server.org/cgi-bin/example/httpd_example:yahoo - would refer to httpd_example:yahoo/3 or, if that did not exist, + would refer to httpd_example:yahoo/3 or, if that does not exist, httpd_example:yahoo/2 and http://your.server.org/cgi-bin/example/other:yahoo would - not be allowed to execute. </p> + not be allowed to execute.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_esi_nocache"></marker> <tag>{erl_script_nocache, boolean()}</tag> <item> - <p>If erl_script_nocache is set to true the server will add - http header fields that prevents proxies from caching the - page. This is generally a good idea for dynamic content, since - the content often vary between each request. - Defaults to false. </p> + <p>If <c>erl_script_nocache</c> is set to <c>true</c>, the server adds + HTTP header fields preventing proxies from caching the + page. This is generally a good idea for dynamic content, as + the content often varies between each request. + Default is <c>false</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_esi_timeout"></marker> <tag>{erl_script_timeout, integer()}</tag> <item> - <p>If erl_script_timeout sets the time in seconds the server will - wait between each chunk of data to be delivered through - mod_esi:deliver/2. Defaults to 15. This is only relevant - for scripts that uses the erl scheme. </p> + <p>If <c>erl_script_timeout</c> sets the time in seconds the server + waits between each chunk of data to be delivered through + <c>mod_esi:deliver/2</c>. Default is <c>15</c>. This is only relevant + for scripts that use the erl scheme.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_esi_timeout"></marker> <tag>{eval_script_alias, {URLPath, [AllowedModule]}}</tag> <item> - <p>Where URLPath = string() and AllowedModule = atom(). - Same as erl_script_alias but for scripts - using the eval scheme. Note that this is only supported - for backwards compatibility. The eval scheme is deprecated. </p> + <p><c>URLPath = string()</c> and <c>AllowedModule = atom()</c>. + Same as <c>erl_script_alias</c> but for scripts + using the eval scheme. This is only supported + for backwards compatibility. The eval scheme is deprecated.</p> </item> </taglist> <marker id="props_log"></marker> - <p><em>Log properties - requires mod_log</em></p> + <p><em>Log Properties - Requires mod_log</em></p> <taglist> <marker id="prop_elog"></marker> <tag>{error_log, path()}</tag> <item> <p>Defines the filename of the error log file to be used to log - server errors. If the filename does not begin with a slash (/) - it is assumed to be relative to the server_root. </p> + server errors. If the filename does not begin with a slash (/), + it is assumed to be relative to the <c>server_root</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_slog"></marker> @@ -640,7 +641,7 @@ bytes <item> <p>Defines the filename of the access log file to be used to log security events. If the filename does not begin with a slash - (/) it is assumed to be relative to the server_root. </p> + (/), it is assumed to be relative to the <c>server_root</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_tlog"></marker> @@ -648,270 +649,270 @@ bytes <item> <p>Defines the filename of the access log file to be used to log incoming requests. If the filename does not begin with a - slash (/) it is assumed to be relative to the server_root. </p> + slash (/), it is assumed to be relative to the <c>server_root</c>.</p> </item> </taglist> <marker id="props_dlog"></marker> - <p><em>Disk Log properties - requires mod_disk_log</em></p> + <p><em>Disk Log Properties - Requires mod_disk_log</em></p> <taglist> <marker id="prop_dlog_format"></marker> <tag>{disk_log_format, internal | external}</tag> <item> - <p>Defines the file-format of the log files see disk_log for - more information. If the internal file-format is used, the - logfile will be repaired after a crash. When a log file is - repaired data might get lost. When the external file-format is - used httpd will not start if the log file is broken. Defaults to - external. </p> + <p>Defines the file format of the log files. See <c>disk_log</c> for + details. If the internal file format is used, the + log file is repaired after a crash. When a log file is + repaired, data can disappear. When the external file format is + used, <c>httpd</c> does not start if the log file is broken. Default is + <c>external</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_edlog"></marker> <tag>{error_disk_log, path()}</tag> <item> - <p>Defines the filename of the (disk_log(3)) error log file + <p>Defines the filename of the (<c>disk_log(3)</c>) error log file to be used to log server errors. If the filename does not begin - with a slash (/) it is assumed to be relative to the server_root. </p> + with a slash (/), it is assumed to be relative to the <c>server_root</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_edlog_size"></marker> <tag>{error_disk_log_size, {MaxBytes, MaxFiles}}</tag> <item> - <p>Where MaxBytes = integer() and MaxFiles = integer(). - Defines the properties of the (disk_log(3)) error log - file. The disk_log(3) error log file is of type wrap log and - max-bytes will be written to each file and max-files will be - used before the first file is truncated and reused. </p> + <p><c>MaxBytes = integer()</c> and <c>MaxFiles = integer()</c>. + Defines the properties of the (<c>disk_log(3)</c>) error log + file. This file is of type wrap log and + max bytes is written to each file and max files is + used before the first file is truncated and reused.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_sdlog"></marker> <tag>{security_disk_log, path()}</tag> <item> - <p>Defines the filename of the (disk_log(3)) access log file - which logs incoming security events i.e authenticated - requests. If the filename does not begin with a slash (/) it - is assumed to be relative to the server_root. </p> + <p>Defines the filename of the (<c>disk_log(3)</c>) access log file + logging incoming security events, that is, authenticated + requests. If the filename does not begin with a slash (/), it + is assumed to be relative to the <c>server_root</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_sdlog_size"></marker> <tag>{security_disk_log_size, {MaxBytes, MaxFiles}}</tag> <item> - <p>Where MaxBytes = integer() and MaxFiles = integer(). - Defines the properties of the disk_log(3) access log - file. The disk_log(3) access log file is of type wrap log and - max-bytes will be written to each file and max-files will be - used before the first file is truncated and reused. </p> + <p><c>MaxBytes = integer()</c> and <c>MaxFiles = integer()</c>. + Defines the properties of the <c>disk_log(3)</c> access log + file. This file is of type wrap log and + max bytes is written to each file and max files is + used before the first file is truncated and reused.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_tdlog"></marker> <tag>{transfer_disk_log, path()}</tag> <item> - <p>Defines the filename of the (disk_log(3)) access log file - which logs incoming requests. If the filename does not begin - with a slash (/) it is assumed to be relative to the - server_root. </p> + <p>Defines the filename of the (<c>disk_log(3)</c>) access log file + logging incoming requests. If the filename does not begin + with a slash (/), it is assumed to be relative to the + <c>server_root</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_tdlog_size"></marker> <tag>{transfer_disk_log_size, {MaxBytes, MaxFiles}}</tag> <item> - <p>Where MaxBytes = integer() and MaxFiles = integer(). - Defines the properties of the disk_log(3) access log - file. The disk_log(3) access log file is of type wrap log and - max-bytes will be written to each file and max-files will be - used before the first file is truncated and reused. </p> + <p><c>MaxBytes = integer()</c> and <c>MaxFiles = integer()</c>. + Defines the properties of the <c>disk_log(3)</c> access log + file. This file is of type wrap log and + max bytes is written to each file and max files is + used before the first file is truncated and reused.</p> </item> </taglist> <marker id="props_auth"></marker> - <p><em>Authentication properties - requires mod_auth</em></p> + <p><em>Authentication Properties - Requires mod_auth</em></p> <marker id="prop_dri"></marker> <p><em>{directory, {path(), [{property(), term()}]}}</em></p> <marker id="props_dir"></marker> - <p>Here follows the valid properties for directories </p> + <p>The properties for directories are as follows:</p> <taglist> <marker id="prop_allow_from"></marker> - <tag>{allow_from, all | [RegxpHostString]}</tag> + <tag>{allow_from, all | [RegxpHostString]}</tag> <item> - <p>Defines a set of hosts which should be granted access to a - given directory. - - For example: + <p>Defines a set of hosts to be granted access to a + given directory, for example: <code>{allow_from, ["123.34.56.11", "150.100.23"]}</code> - The host 123.34.56.11 and all machines on the 150.100.23 - subnet are allowed access. </p> + The host <c>123.34.56.11</c> and all machines on the <c>150.100.23</c> + subnet are allowed access.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_deny_from"></marker> - <tag>{deny_from, all | [RegxpHostString]}</tag> + <tag>{deny_from, all | [RegxpHostString]}</tag> <item> <p>Defines a set of hosts - which should be denied access to a given directory. - For example: + to be denied access to a given directory, for example: <code>{deny_from, ["123.34.56.11", "150.100.23"]}</code> - The host 123.34.56.11 and all machines on the 150.100.23 - subnet are not allowed access. </p> + The host <c>123.34.56.11</c> and all machines on the <c>150.100.23</c> + subnet are not allowed access.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_auth_type"></marker> - <tag>{auth_type, plain | dets | mnesia}</tag> + <tag>{auth_type, plain | dets | mnesia}</tag> <item> <p>Sets the type of authentication database that is used for the - directory.The key difference between the different methods is - that dynamic data can be saved when Mnesia and Dets is used. - This property is called AuthDbType in the Apache like - configuration files. </p> + directory. The key difference between the different methods is + that dynamic data can be saved when <c>Mnesia</c> and <c>Dets</c> + are used. + This property is called <c>AuthDbType</c> in the Apache-like + configuration files.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_auth_user_file"></marker> <tag>{auth_user_file, path()}</tag> <item> - <p>Sets the name of a file which contains the list of users and - passwords for user authentication. filename can be either + <p>Sets the name of a file containing the list of users and + passwords for user authentication. The filename can be either absolute or relative to the <c>server_root</c>. If using the - plain storage method, this file is a plain text file, where - each line contains a user name followed by a colon, followed - by the non-encrypted password. If user names are duplicated, - the behavior is undefined. For example: + plain storage method, this file is a plain text file where + each line contains a username followed by a colon, followed + by the non-encrypted password. If usernames are duplicated, + the behavior is undefined.</p> + <p>Example:</p> <code> ragnar:s7Xxv7 edward:wwjau8 </code> - If using the dets storage method, the user database is - maintained by dets and should not be edited by hand. Use the - API functions in mod_auth module to create / edit the user - database. This directive is ignored if using the mnesia - storage method. For security reasons, make sure that the - <c>auth_user_file</c> is stored outside the document tree of the Web - server. If it is placed in the directory which it protects, - clients will be able to download it. </p> + <p>If the <c>Dets</c> storage method is used, the user database is + maintained by <c>Dets</c> and must not be edited by hand. Use the + API functions in module <c>mod_auth</c> to create/edit the user + database. This directive is ignored if the <c>Mnesia</c> + storage method is used. For security reasons, ensure that + <c>auth_user_file</c> is stored outside the document tree of the web + server. If it is placed in the directory that it protects, + clients can download it.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_auth_group_file"></marker> <tag>{auth_group_file, path()}</tag> <item> - <p>Sets the name of a file which contains the list of user - groups for user authentication. Filename can be either - absolute or relative to the <c>server_root</c>. If you use the plain - storage method, the group file is a plain text file, where + <p>Sets the name of a file containing the list of user + groups for user authentication. The filename can be either + absolute or relative to the <c>server_root</c>. If the plain + storage method is used, the group file is a plain text file, where each line contains a group name followed by a colon, followed - by the member user names separated by spaces. For example: + by the members usernames separated by spaces.</p> + <p>Example:</p> <code>group1: bob joe ante</code> - If using the dets storage method, the group database is - maintained by dets and should not be edited by hand. Use the - API for mod_auth module to create / edit the group database. - This directive is ignored if using the mnesia storage method. - For security reasons, make sure that the <c>auth_group_file</c> is - stored outside the document tree of the Web server. If it is - placed in the directory which it protects, clients will be - able to download it. </p> + <p>If the <c>Dets</c> storage method is used, the group database is + maintained by <c>Dets</c> and must not be edited by hand. Use the + API for module <c>mod_auth</c> to create/edit the group database. + This directive is ignored if the <c>Mnesia</c> storage method is used. + For security reasons, ensure that the <c>auth_group_file</c> is + stored outside the document tree of the web server. If it is + placed in the directory that it protects, clients + can download it.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_auth_name"></marker> <tag>{auth_name, string()}</tag> <item> <p>Sets the name of the authorization realm (auth-domain) for - a directory. This string informs the client about which user - name and password to use. </p> + a directory. This string informs the client about which + username and password to use.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_auth_access_passwd"></marker> <tag>{auth_access_password, string()}</tag> <item> - <p>If set to other than "NoPassword" the password is required - for all API calls. If the password is set to "DummyPassword" the + <p>If set to other than "NoPassword", the password is required + for all API calls. If the password is set to "DummyPassword", the password must be changed before any other API calls. To secure - the authenticating data the password must be changed after the - web server is started since it otherwise is written in clear - text in the configuration file. </p> + the authenticating data, the password must be changed after the + web server is started. Otherwise it is written in clear + text in the configuration file.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_req_user"></marker> <tag>{require_user, [string()]}</tag> <item> - <p>Defines users which should be granted access to a given - directory using a secret password. </p> + <p>Defines users to grant access to a given + directory using a secret password.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_req_grp"></marker> <tag>{require_group, [string()]}</tag> <item> - <p>Defines users which should be granted access to a given - directory using a secret password. </p> + <p>Defines users to grant access to a given + directory using a secret password.</p> </item> </taglist> <marker id="props_htaccess"></marker> - <p><em>Htaccess authentication properties - requires mod_htaccess</em></p> + <p><em>Htaccess Authentication Properties - Requires mod_htaccess</em></p> <taglist> <marker id="prop_access_files"></marker> <tag>{access_files, [path()]}</tag> <item> - <p>Specify which filenames that are used for - access-files. When a request comes every directory in the path - to the requested asset will be searched after files with the - names specified by this parameter. If such a file is found the - file will be parsed and the restrictions specified in it will - be applied to the request. </p> + <p>Specifies the filenames that are used for + access files. When a request comes, every directory in the path + to the requested asset are searched after files with the + names specified by this parameter. If such a file is found, the + file is parsed and the restrictions specified in it are + applied to the request.</p> </item> </taglist> <marker id="props_sec"></marker> - <p><em>Security properties - requires mod_security </em></p> + <p><em>Security Properties - Requires mod_security</em></p> <marker id="prop_sec_dir"></marker> <p><em>{security_directory, {path(), [{property(), term()}]}}</em></p> <marker id="props_sdir"></marker> - <p>Here follows the valid properties for security directories</p> + <p>The properties for the security directories are as follows:</p> <taglist> <marker id="prop_data_file"></marker> <tag>{data_file, path()}</tag> <item> - <p>Name of the security data file. The filename can either - absolute or relative to the server_root. This file is used to - store persistent data for the mod_security module. </p> + <p>Name of the security data file. The filename can either be + absolute or relative to the <c>server_root</c>. This file is used to + store persistent data for module <c>mod_security</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_max_retries"></marker> <tag>{max_retries, integer()}</tag> <item> - <p>Specifies the maximum number of tries to authenticate a - user has before the user is blocked out. If a user - successfully authenticates when the user has been blocked, the - user will receive a 403 (Forbidden) response from the - server. If the user makes a failed attempt while blocked the - server will return 401 (Unauthorized), for security + <p>Specifies the maximum number of attempts to authenticate a + user before the user is blocked out. If a user + successfully authenticates while blocked, the + user receives a 403 (Forbidden) response from the + server. If the user makes a failed attempt while blocked, the + server returns 401 (Unauthorized), for security reasons. - Defaults to 3 may also be set to infinity. </p> + Default is <c>3</c>. Can be set to infinity.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_block_time"></marker> <tag>{block_time, integer()}</tag> <item> <p>Specifies the number of minutes a user is blocked. After - this amount of time, he automatically regains access. - Defaults to 60. </p> + this timehas passed, the user automatically regains access. + Default is <c>60</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_fail_exp_time"></marker> <tag>{fail_expire_time, integer()}</tag> <item> <p>Specifies the number of minutes a failed user authentication - is remembered. If a user authenticates after this amount of - time, his previous failed authentications are + is remembered. If a user authenticates after this + time has passed, the previous failed authentications are forgotten. - Defaults to 30. </p> + Default is <c>30</c>.</p> </item> <marker id="prop_auth_timeout"></marker> @@ -919,7 +920,7 @@ bytes <item> Specifies the number of seconds a successful user authentication is remembered. After this time has passed, the - authentication will no longer be reported. Defaults to 30. + authentication is no longer reported. Default is <c>30</c>. </item> </taglist> </section> @@ -929,33 +930,36 @@ bytes <marker id="info1"></marker> <name>info(Pid) -></name> <name>info(Pid, Properties) -> [{Option, Value}]</name> - <fsummary>Fetches information about the HTTP server</fsummary> + <fsummary>Fetches information about the HTTP server.</fsummary> <type> <v>Properties = [property()]</v> - <v>Option = property()</v> + <v>Option = property()</v> <v>Value = term()</v> </type> <desc> <p>Fetches information about the HTTP server. When called - with only the pid all properties are fetched, when called - with a list of specific properties they are fetched. - Available properties are the same as the server's start options. + with only the pid, all properties are fetched. When called + with a list of specific properties, they are fetched. + The available properties are the same as the start options + of the server. </p> - <note><p>Pid is the pid returned from inets:start/[2,3]. - Can also be retrieved form inets:services/0, inets:services_info/0 - see <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso> + <note><p>Pid is the pid returned from <c>inets:start/[2,3]</c>. + Can also be retrieved form <c>inets:services/0</c> and + <c>inets:services_info/0</c>, + see <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso>. </p></note> </desc> </func> <func> <marker id="info2"></marker> + <name>info(Address, Port) -> </name> <name>info(Address, Port, Profile) -> </name> <name>info(Address, Port, Profile, Properties) -> [{Option, Value}] </name> <name>info(Address, Port, Properties) -> [{Option, Value}] </name> - <fsummary>Fetches information about the HTTP server</fsummary> + <fsummary>Fetches information about the HTTP server.</fsummary> <type> <v>Address = ip_address()</v> <v>Port = integer()</v> @@ -966,13 +970,13 @@ bytes </type> <desc> <p>Fetches information about the HTTP server. When called with - only the Address, Port and Profile, if relevant, all properties are fetched. - When called with a list of specific properties they are fetched. - Available properties are the same as the server's start - options. + only <c>Address</c> and <c>Port</c>, all properties are + fetched. When called with a list of specific properties, they + are fetched. The available properties are the same as the + start options of the server. </p> - <note><p> Address has to be the ip-address and can not be + <note><p>The address must be the IP address and cannot be the hostname. </p></note> </desc> @@ -991,24 +995,26 @@ bytes </type> <desc> <p>Reloads the HTTP server configuration without restarting the - server. Incoming requests will be answered with a temporary - down message during the time the it takes to reload.</p> + server. Incoming requests are answered with a temporary + down message during the reload time.</p> - <note><p>Available properties are the same as the server's - start options, although the properties bind_address and - port can not be changed.</p></note> + <note><p>Available properties are the same as the + start options of the server, but the properties + <c>bind_address</c> and <c>port</c> + cannot be changed.</p></note> - <p>If mode is disturbing, the server is blocked forcefully and - all ongoing requests are terminated and the reload will - start immediately. If mode is non-disturbing, no new - connections are accepted, but the ongoing requests are + <p>If mode is disturbing, the server is blocked forcefully, + all ongoing requests terminates, and the reload + starts immediately. If mode is non-disturbing, no new + connections are accepted, but ongoing requests are allowed to complete before the reload is done.</p> </desc> </func> </funcs> <section> - <title>ERLANG WEB SERVER API DATA TYPES </title> + <title>ERLANG WEB SERVER API DATA TYPES</title> + <p>The Erlang web server API data types are as follows:</p> <code type="none"> ModData = #mod{} @@ -1025,73 +1031,75 @@ bytes parsed_header = [], entity_body, connection - }). - </code> + }).</code> - <p>To acess the record in your callback-module use </p> - <code> -include_lib("inets/include/httpd.hrl"). </code> + <p>To acess the record in your callback-module use:</p> + <code> -include_lib("inets/include/httpd.hrl").</code> - <p>The fields of the <c>mod</c> record has the following meaning: + <p>The fields of record <c>mod</c> have the following meaning: </p> <taglist> <tag><c>data</c></tag> - <item>Type <c>[{InteractionKey,InteractionValue}]</c> is used to + <item><p>Type <c>[{InteractionKey,InteractionValue}]</c> is used to propagate data between modules. Depicted - <c>interaction_data()</c> in function type declarations. + <c>interaction_data()</c> in function type declarations.</p> </item> <tag><c>socket_type</c></tag> - <item><c>socket_type()</c>, - Indicates whether it is an ip socket or a ssl socket. + <item><p><c>socket_type()</c> + indicates whether it is an IP socket or an <c>ssl</c> socket.</p> </item> <tag><c>socket</c></tag> - <item>The actual socket in <c>ip_comm</c> or <c>ssl</c> format - depending on the <c>socket_type</c>. + <item><p>The socket, in format <c>ip_comm</c> or <c>ssl</c>, + depending on <c>socket_type</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c>config_db</c></tag> - <item>The config file directives stored as key-value tuples in - an ETS-table. Depicted <c>config_db()</c> in function type - declarations. + <item><p>The config file directives stored as key-value tuples in + an ETS table. Depicted <c>config_db()</c> in function type + declarations.</p> </item> <tag><c>method</c></tag> - <item>Type <c>"GET" | "POST" | "HEAD" | "TRACE"</c>, that is the - HTTP method. + <item><p>Type <c>"GET" | "POST" | "HEAD" | "TRACE"</c>, that is, the + HTTP method.</p> </item> <tag><c>absolute_uri</c></tag> - <item>If the request is a HTTP/1.1 - request the URI might be in the absolute URI format. In that - case httpd will save the absolute URI in this field. An Example - of an absolute URI could - be<c>"http://ServerName:Part/cgi-bin/find.pl?person=jocke"</c></item> + <item><p>If the request is an HTTP/1.1 + request, the URI can be in the absolute URI format. In that + case, <c>httpd</c> saves the absolute URI in this field. An Example + of an absolute URI is + <c>"http://ServerName:Part/cgi-bin/find.pl?person=jocke"</c></p></item> <tag><c>request_uri</c></tag> - <item>The <c>Request-URI</c> as defined - in RFC 1945, for example <c>"/cgi-bin/find.pl?person=jocke"</c></item> + <item><p>The <c>Request-URI</c> as defined + in RFC 1945, for example, <c>"/cgi-bin/find.pl?person=jocke"</c>.</p> + </item> <tag><c>http_version</c></tag> - <item>The <c>HTTP</c> version of the - request, that is "HTTP/0.9", "HTTP/1.0", or "HTTP/1.1". + <item><p>The <c>HTTP</c> version of the + request, that is, "HTTP/0.9", "HTTP/1.0", or "HTTP/1.1".</p> </item> <tag><c>request_line</c></tag> - <item>The <c>Request-Line</c> as - defined in RFC 1945, for example <c>"GET /cgi-bin/find.pl?person=jocke HTTP/1.0"</c>. + <item><p>The <c>Request-Line</c> as + defined in RFC 1945, for example, + <c>"GET /cgi-bin/find.pl?person=jocke HTTP/1.0"</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c>parsed_header</c></tag> - <item>Type <c>[{HeaderKey,HeaderValue}]</c>, + <item>Type <c>[{HeaderKey,HeaderValue}]</c>. <c>parsed_header</c> contains all HTTP header fields from the - HTTP-request stored in a list as key-value tuples. See RFC 2616 - for a listing of all header fields. For example the date field - would be stored as: <c>{"date","Wed, 15 Oct 1997 14:35:17 GMT"} </c>. - RFC 2616 defines that HTTP is a case insensitive protocol and - the header fields may be in lower case or upper case. Httpd will - ensure that all header field names are in lower case. + HTTP request stored in a list as key-value tuples. See + <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url> + for a listing of all header fields. For example, the date field + is stored as <c>{"date","Wed, 15 Oct 1997 14:35:17 GMT"}</c>. + RFC 2616 defines that HTTP is a case-insensitive protocol and + the header fields can be in lower case or upper case. <c>httpd</c> + ensures that all header field names are in lower case. </item> <tag><c>entity_body</c></tag> - <item>The <c>Entity-Body</c> as defined - in RFC 2616, for example data sent from a CGI-script using the - POST method. + <item><p>The <c>entity-Body</c> as defined + in RFC 2616, for example, data sent from a CGI script using the + POST method.</p> </item> <tag><c>connection</c></tag> - <item><c>true | false</c> If set to true the connection to the - client is a persistent connection and will not be closed when - the request is served.</item> + <item><p><c>true | false</c>. If set to <c>true</c>, the connection to the + client is a persistent connection and is not closed when + the request is served.</p></item> </taglist> </section> @@ -1102,54 +1110,64 @@ bytes <func> <marker id="module_do"></marker> <name>Module:do(ModData)-> {proceed, OldData} | {proceed, NewData} | {break, NewData} | done</name> - <fsummary>Called for each request to the Web server.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Called for each request to the web server.</fsummary> <type> <v>OldData = list()</v> - <v>NewData = [{response,{StatusCode,Body}}] | [{response,{response,Head,Body}}] | [{response,{already_sent,Statuscode,Size}}] </v> + <v>NewData = [{response,{StatusCode,Body}}]</v> + <v>| [{response,{response,Head,Body}}]</v> + <v>| [{response,{already_sent,Statuscode,Size}}]</v> <v>StatusCode = integer()</v> <v>Body = io_list() | nobody | {Fun, Arg}</v> <v>Head = [HeaderOption]</v> <v>HeaderOption = {Option, Value} | {code, StatusCode}</v> - <v>Option = accept_ranges | allow | cache_control | content_MD5 | content_encoding | content_language | content_length | content_location | content_range | content_type | date | etag | expires | last_modified | location | pragma | retry_after | server | trailer | transfer_encoding</v> + <v>Option = accept_ranges | allow</v> + <v>| cache_control | content_MD5</v> + <v>| content_encoding | content_language</v> + <v>| content_length | content_location</v> + <v>| content_range | content_type | date</v> + <v>| etag | expires | last_modified</v> + <v>| location | pragma | retry_after</v> + <v>| server | trailer | transfer_encoding</v> <v>Value = string()</v> <v>Fun = fun( Arg ) -> sent| close | Body </v> <v>Arg = [term()]</v> </type> <desc> - <p>When a valid request reaches httpd it calls <c>do/1</c> in - each module defined by the Modules configuration - option. The function may generate data for other modules - or a response that can be sent back to the client.</p> - <p>The field <c>data</c> in ModData is a list. This list will be + <p>When a valid request reaches <c>httpd</c>, it calls <c>do/1</c> in + each module, defined by the configuration + option of <c>Module</c>. The function can generate data for other + modules or a response that can be sent back to the client.</p> + <p>The field <c>data</c> in <c>ModData</c> is a list. This list is the list returned from the last call to <c>do/1</c>.</p> - <p><c>Body</c> is the body of the http-response that will be - sent back to the client an appropriate header will be - appended to the message. <c>StatusCode</c> will be the - status code of the response see RFC2616 for the appropriate - values.</p> + <p><c>Body</c> is the body of the HTTP response that is + sent back to the client. An appropriate header is + appended to the message. <c>StatusCode</c> is the + status code of the response, see + <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url> + for the appropriate values.</p> <p><c>Head</c> is a key value list of HTTP header fields. The - server will construct a HTTP header from this data. See RFC + server constructs an HTTP header from this data. See RFC 2616 for the appropriate value for each header field. If the - client is a HTTP/1.0 client then the server will filter the - list so that only HTTP/1.0 header fields will be sent back + client is an HTTP/1.0 client, the server filters the + list so that only HTTP/1.0 header fields are sent back to the client.</p> <p>If <c>Body</c> is returned and equal to <c>{Fun,Arg}</c>, - the Web server will try <c>apply/2</c> on <c>Fun</c> with - <c>Arg</c> as argument and expect that the fun either - returns a list <c>(Body)</c> that is a HTTP-repsonse or the - atom sent if the HTTP-response is sent back to the - client. If close is returned from the fun something has gone - wrong and the server will signal this to the client by + the web server tries <c>apply/2</c> on <c>Fun</c> with + <c>Arg</c> as argument. The web server expects that the fun either + returns a list <c>(Body)</c> that is an HTTP repsonse, or the + atom <c>sent</c> if the HTTP response is sent back to the + client. If <c>close</c> is returned from the fun, something has gone + wrong and the server signals this to the client by closing the connection.</p> </desc> </func> <func> <marker id="module_load"></marker> - <name>Module:load(Line, AccIn)-> eof | ok | {ok, AccOut} | {ok, AccOut, {Option, Value}} | {ok, AccOut, [{Option, Value}]} | {error, Reason} </name> - <fsummary>Load is used to convert a line in a Apache like config - file to a <c>{Option, Value}</c> tuple.</fsummary> + <name>Module:load(Line, AccIn)-> eof | ok | {ok, AccOut} | {ok, AccOut, {Option, Value}} | {ok, AccOut, [{Option, Value}]} | {error, Reason}</name> + <fsummary>Converts a line in an Apache-like config + file to an <c>{Option, Value}</c> tuple.</fsummary> <type> <v>Line = string()</v> <v>AccIn = [{Option, Value}]</v> @@ -1159,11 +1177,11 @@ bytes <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Load is used to convert a line in a Apache like - configuration file to a <c>{Option, Value}</c> tuple. Some - more complex configuration options such as <c>directory</c> - and <c>security_directory</c> will create an - accumulator.This function does only need clauses for the + <p>Converts a line in an Apache-like + configuration file to an <c>{Option, Value}</c> tuple. Some + more complex configuration options, such as <c>directory</c> + and <c>security_directory</c>, create an + accumulator. This function only needs clauses for the options implemented by this particular callback module. </p> </desc> @@ -1171,41 +1189,41 @@ bytes <func> <marker id="module_store"></marker> - <name>Module:store({Option, Value}, Config)-> {ok, {Option, NewValue}} | {error, Reason} </name> - <fsummary></fsummary> + <name>Module:store({Option, Value}, Config)-> {ok, {Option, NewValue}} | {error, Reason}</name> + <fsummary>Checks the validity of the configuration options.</fsummary> <type> <v>Line = string()</v> <v>Option = property()</v> <v>Config = [{Option, Value}]</v> - <v>Value = term() </v> + <v>Value = term()</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>This function is used to check the validity of the + <p>Checks the validity of the configuration options before saving them in the internal - database. This function may also have a side effect - e.i. setup necessary extra resources implied by the + database. This function can also have a side effect, + that is, setup of necessary extra resources implied by the configuration option. It can also resolve possible dependencies among configuration options by changing the value of the option. - This function does only need clauses for the options + This function only needs clauses for the options implemented by this particular callback module.</p> </desc> </func> <func> <marker id="module_remove"></marker> - <name>Module:remove(ConfigDB) -> ok | {error, Reason} </name> - <fsummary>Callback function that is called when the Web server is closed.</fsummary> + <name>Module:remove(ConfigDB) -> ok | {error, Reason} </name> + <fsummary>Callback function that is called when the web server is closed.</fsummary> <type> <v>ConfigDB = ets_table()</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>When httpd is shutdown it will try to execute + <p>When <c>httpd</c> is shut down, it tries to execute <c>remove/1</c> in each Erlang web server callback module. The - programmer may use this function to clean up resources - that may have been created in the store function.</p> + programmer can use this function to clean up resources + created in the store function.</p> </desc> </func> </funcs> @@ -1216,8 +1234,8 @@ bytes <funcs> <func> <marker id="parse_query"></marker> - <name>parse_query(QueryString) -> [{Key,Value}]</name> - <fsummary>Parse incoming data to <c>erl </c>and <c>eval </c>scripts.</fsummary> + <name>parse_query(QueryString) -> [{Key,Value}]</name> + <fsummary>Parses incoming data to <c>erl</c> and <c>eval</c> scripts.</fsummary> <type> <v>QueryString = string()</v> <v>Key = string()</v> @@ -1225,8 +1243,9 @@ bytes </type> <desc> <p><c>parse_query/1</c> parses incoming data to <c>erl</c> and - <c>eval</c> scripts (See <seealso marker="mod_esi">mod_esi(3)</seealso>) as defined in the standard - URL format, that is '+' becomes 'space' and decoding of + <c>eval</c> scripts (see <seealso marker="mod_esi">mod_esi(3)</seealso>) + as defined in the standard + URL format, that is, '+' becomes 'space' and decoding of hexadecimal characters (<c>%xx</c>).</p> </desc> </func> @@ -1234,8 +1253,9 @@ bytes <section> <title>SEE ALSO</title> - <p>RFC 2616, <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso>, - <seealso marker="ssl:ssl">ssl(3)</seealso> + <p><url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>, + <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso>, + <seealso marker="ssl:ssl">ssl(3)</seealso> </p> </section> diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd_socket.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd_socket.xml index c0368c2b39..f71dac90b2 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd_socket.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd_socket.xml @@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ </header> <module>httpd_socket</module> <modulesummary>Communication utility functions to be used by the Erlang - Web server API programmer.</modulesummary> + web server API programmer.</modulesummary> <description> - <p>This module provides the Erlang Web server API module programmer + <p>This module provides the Erlang web server API module programmer with utility functions for generic sockets communication. The appropriate communication mechanism is transparently used, that - is <c>ip_comm</c> or <c>ssl</c>.</p> + is, <c>ip_comm</c> or <c>ssl</c>.</p> <marker id="deliver"></marker> </description> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ <funcs> <func> <name>deliver(SocketType, Socket, Data) -> Result</name> - <fsummary>Send binary data over socket.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Sends binary data over socket.</fsummary> <type> <v>SocketType = socket_type()</v> <v>Socket = socket()</v> @@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ </type> <desc> <marker id="deliver"></marker> - <p><c>deliver/3</c> sends the <c>Binary</c> over the - <c>Socket</c> using the specified <c>SocketType</c>. Socket - and SocketType should be the socket and the socket_type form - the mod record as defined in httpd.hrl</p> + <p><c>deliver/3</c> sends <c>Data</c> over + <c>Socket</c> using the specified <c>SocketType</c>. <c>Socket</c> + and <c>SocketType</c> is to be the socket and the <c>socket_type</c> + form the <c>mod</c> record as defined in <c>httpd.hrl</c></p> <marker id="peername"></marker> </desc> @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ <func> <name>peername(SocketType,Socket) -> {Port,IPAddress}</name> - <fsummary>Return the port and IP-address of the remote socket.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Returns the port and IP address of the remote socket.</fsummary> <type> <v>SocketType = socket_type()</v> <v>Socket = socket()</v> @@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ </type> <desc> <marker id="peername"></marker> - <p><c>peername/3</c> returns the <c>Port</c> and - <c>IPAddress</c> of the remote <c>Socket</c>. </p> + <p><c>peername/2</c> returns the <c>Port</c> and + <c>IPAddress</c> of the remote <c>Socket</c>.</p> <marker id="resolve"></marker> </desc> @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ <func> <name>resolve() -> HostName</name> - <fsummary>Return the official name of the current host.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Returns the official name of the current host.</fsummary> <type> <v>HostName = string()</v> </type> diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd_util.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd_util.xml index a48e141368..439a01877f 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd_util.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd_util.xml @@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ <file>httpd_util.sgml</file> </header> <module>httpd_util</module> - <modulesummary>Miscellaneous utility functions to be used when implementing Erlang Web server API modules.</modulesummary> + <modulesummary>Miscellaneous utility functions to be used when implementing + Erlang web server API modules.</modulesummary> <description> - <p>This module provides the Erlang Web Server API module + <p>This module provides the Erlang web server API module programmer with miscellaneous utility functions.</p> <marker id="convert_request_date"></marker> @@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ <funcs> <func> <name>convert_request_date(DateString) -> ErlDate|bad_date</name> - <fsummary>Convert The the date to the Erlang date format.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Converts the date to the Erlang date format.</fsummary> <type> <v>DateString = string()</v> <v>ErlDate = {{Year,Month,Date},{Hour,Min,Sec}}</v> @@ -49,8 +50,9 @@ </type> <desc> <p><c>convert_request_date/1</c> converts <c>DateString</c> to - the Erlang date format. DateString must be in one of the three - date formats that is defined in the RFC 2616.</p> + the Erlang date format. <c>DateString</c> must be in one of the + three date formats defined in + <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>.</p> <marker id="create_etag"></marker> </desc> @@ -64,9 +66,9 @@ <v>Etag = string()</v> </type> <desc> - <p><c>create_etag/1</c> calculates the Etag for a file, from its - size and time for last modification. fileinfo is a record defined - in <c>kernel/include/file.hrl</c></p> + <p><c>create_etag/1</c> calculates the Etag for a file from its + size and time for last modification. <c>FileInfo</c> is a record defined + in <c>kernel/include/file.hrl</c>.</p> <marker id="decode_hex"></marker> </desc> @@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ <func> <name>decode_hex(HexValue) -> DecValue</name> - <fsummary>Convert a hex value into its decimal equivalent.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Converts a hexadecimal value into its decimal equivalent.</fsummary> <type> <v>HexValue = DecValue = string()</v> </type> @@ -88,7 +90,8 @@ <func> <name>day(NthDayOfWeek) -> DayOfWeek</name> - <fsummary>Convert the day of the week (integer [1-7]) to an abbreviated string.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Converts the day of the week + (integer [1-7]) to an abbreviated string.</fsummary> <type> <v>NthDayOfWeek = 1-7</v> <v>DayOfWeek = string()</v> @@ -96,8 +99,8 @@ <desc> <marker id="day"></marker> <p><c>day/1</c> converts the day of the week - (<c>NthDayOfWeek</c>) as an integer (1-7) to an abbreviated - string, that is: </p> + (<c>NthDayOfWeek</c>) from an integer (1-7) to an abbreviated + string, that is:</p> <p>1 = "Mon", 2 = "Tue", ..., 7 = "Sat".</p> <marker id="flatlength"></marker> @@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ <func> <name>flatlength(NestedList) -> Size</name> - <fsummary>Compute the size of a possibly nested list.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Computes the size of a possibly nested list.</fsummary> <type> <v>NestedList = list()</v> <v>Size = integer()</v> @@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ <desc> <marker id="flatlength"></marker> <p><c>flatlength/1</c> computes the size of the possibly nested - list <c>NestedList</c>. Which may contain binaries.</p> + list <c>NestedList</c>, which can contain binaries.</p> <marker id="hexlist_to_integer"></marker> </desc> @@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ <name>header(StatusCode,Date)</name> <name>header(StatusCode,MimeType,Date)</name> <name>header(StatusCode,MimeType,PersistentConn,Date) -> HTTPHeader</name> - <fsummary>Generate a HTTP 1.1 header.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Generates an HTTP 1.1 header.</fsummary> <type> <v>StatusCode = integer()</v> <v>Date = rfc1123_date()</v> @@ -135,15 +138,16 @@ </type> <desc> <marker id="header"></marker> - <p><c>header</c> returns a HTTP 1.1 header string. The - <c>StatusCode</c> is one of the status codes defined in RFC - 2616 and the <c>Date</c> string is RFC 1123 - compliant. (See <seealso marker="#rfc1123_date">rfc1123_date/0</seealso>). + <p><c>header</c> returns an HTTP 1.1 header string. + <c>StatusCode</c> is one of the status codes defined in + <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url> + and the <c>Date</c> string is RFC 1123 + compliant (see <seealso marker="#rfc1123_date">rfc1123_date/0</seealso>). </p> - <p>Note that the two version of <c>header/n</c> that does not - has a <c>PersistentConn</c> argument is there only for - backward compatibility, and must not be used in new Erlang - Webserver API modules. that will support persistent + <p>Notice that the two versions of <c>header/n</c> that does not + have a <c>PersistentConn</c> argument is only for + backward compatibility and must not be used in new Erlang + web server API modules supporting persistent connections.</p> <marker id="hexlist_to_integer"></marker> @@ -153,14 +157,14 @@ <func> <name>hexlist_to_integer(HexString) -> Number</name> - <fsummary>Convert a hexadecimal string to an integer.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Converts a hexadecimal string to an integer.</fsummary> <type> <v>Number = integer()</v> <v>HexString = string()</v> </type> <desc> - <p><c>hexlist_to_integer</c> Convert the Hexadecimal value of - HexString to an integer.</p> + <p><c>hexlist_to_integer</c> converts the hexadecimal value of + <c>HexString</c> to an integer.</p> <marker id="integer_to_hexlist"></marker> </desc> @@ -168,15 +172,15 @@ <func> <name>integer_to_hexlist(Number) -> HexString</name> - <fsummary>Convert an integer to a hexadecimal string.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Converts an integer to a hexadecimal string.</fsummary> <type> <v>Number = integer()</v> <v>HexString = string()</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="integer_to_hexlist"></marker> - <p><c>integer_to_hexlist/1</c> Returns a string that represents - the Number in a Hexadecimal form.</p> + <p><c>integer_to_hexlist/1</c> returns a string representing + <c>Number</c> in a hexadecimal form.</p> <marker id="lookup"></marker> </desc> @@ -185,7 +189,8 @@ <func> <name>lookup(ETSTable,Key) -> Result</name> <name>lookup(ETSTable,Key,Undefined) -> Result</name> - <fsummary>Extract the first value associated with a key in an ETS table.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Extracts the first value associated with a <c>Key</c> + in an ETS table.</fsummary> <type> <v>ETSTable = ets_table()</v> <v>Key = term()</v> @@ -195,7 +200,7 @@ <desc> <p><c>lookup</c> extracts <c>{Key,Value}</c> tuples from <c>ETSTable</c> and returns the <c>Value</c> associated - with <c>Key</c>. If <c>ETSTable</c> is of type <c>bag</c> + with <c>Key</c>. If <c>ETSTable</c> is of type <c>bag</c>, only the first <c>Value</c> associated with <c>Key</c> is returned. <c>lookup/2</c> returns <c>undefined</c> and <c>lookup/3</c> returns <c>Undefined</c> if no <c>Value</c> @@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ <func> <name>lookup_mime(ConfigDB,Suffix)</name> <name>lookup_mime(ConfigDB,Suffix,Undefined) -> MimeType</name> - <fsummary>Return the mime type associated with a specific file suffix. </fsummary> + <fsummary>Returns the MIME type associated with a specific file suffix.</fsummary> <type> <v>ConfigDB = ets_table()</v> <v>Suffix = string()</v> @@ -217,10 +222,11 @@ </type> <desc> <marker id="lookup_mime"></marker> - <p><c>lookup_mime</c> returns the mime type associated with a - specific file suffix as specified in the <c>mime.types</c> - file (located in the - <path unix="$SERVER_ROOT/conf/mime.types" windows="%SERVER_ROOT%\conf\mime.types">config directory</path>).</p> + <p><c>lookup_mime</c> returns the MIME type associated with a + specific file suffix as specified in the file <c>mime.types</c> + (located in the + <path unix="$SERVER_ROOT/conf/mime.types" windows="%SERVER_ROOT%\conf\mime.types"> + config directory</path>).</p> <marker id="lookup_mime_default"></marker> </desc> @@ -229,7 +235,8 @@ <func> <name>lookup_mime_default(ConfigDB,Suffix)</name> <name>lookup_mime_default(ConfigDB,Suffix,Undefined) -> MimeType</name> - <fsummary>Return the mime type associated with a specific file suffix or the value of the DefaultType.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Returns the MIME type associated with a specific file suffix + or the value of the DefaultType.</fsummary> <type> <v>ConfigDB = ets_table()</v> <v>Suffix = string()</v> @@ -238,12 +245,12 @@ </type> <desc> <marker id="lookup_mime_default"></marker> - <p><c>lookup_mime_default</c> returns the mime type associated + <p><c>lookup_mime_default</c> returns the MIME type associated with a specific file suffix as specified in the <c>mime.types</c> file (located in the - <path unix="$SERVER_ROOT/conf/mime.types" windows="%SERVER_ROOT%\conf\mime.types">config directory</path>). - If no appropriate association can be found - the value of DefaultType is + <path unix="$SERVER_ROOT/conf/mime.types" windows="%SERVER_ROOT%\conf\mime.types"> + config directory</path>). + If no appropriate association is found, the value of <c>DefaultType</c> is returned.</p> <marker id="message"></marker> @@ -252,7 +259,7 @@ <func> <name>message(StatusCode,PhraseArgs,ConfigDB) -> Message</name> - <fsummary>Return an informative HTTP 1.1 status string in HTML.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Returns an informative HTTP 1.1 status string in HTML.</fsummary> <type> <v>StatusCode = 301 | 400 | 403 | 404 | 500 | 501 | 504</v> <v>PhraseArgs = term()</v> @@ -267,20 +274,21 @@ </p> <taglist> <tag><c>301</c></tag> - <item><c>string()</c>: A URL pointing at the new document - position.</item> + <item><p><c>string()</c>: A URL pointing at the new document + position.</p></item> <tag><c>400 | 401 | 500</c></tag> - <item><c>none</c> (No <c>PhraseArgs</c>)</item> + <item><p><c>none</c> (no <c>PhraseArgs</c>).</p></item> <tag><c>403 | 404</c></tag> - <item><c>string()</c>: A <c>Request-URI</c> as described in - RFC 2616.</item> + <item><p><c>string()</c>: A <c>Request-URI</c> as described in + <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>.</p> + </item> <tag><c>501</c></tag> - <item><c>{Method,RequestURI,HTTPVersion}</c>: The HTTP - <c>Method</c>, <c>Request-URI</c> and <c>HTTP-Version</c> - as defined in RFC 2616.</item> + <item><p><c>{Method,RequestURI,HTTPVersion}</c>: The HTTP + <c>Method</c>, <c>Request-URI</c>, and <c>HTTP-Version</c> + as defined in RFC 2616.</p></item> <tag><c>504</c></tag> - <item><c>string()</c>: A string describing why the service - was unavailable.</item> + <item><p><c>string()</c>: A string describing why the service + was unavailable.</p></item> </taglist> <marker id="month"></marker> @@ -289,7 +297,7 @@ <func> <name>month(NthMonth) -> Month</name> - <fsummary>Convert the month as an integer (1-12) to an abbreviated string.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Converts the month as an integer (1-12) to an abbreviated string.</fsummary> <type> <v>NthMonth = 1-12</v> <v>Month = string()</v> @@ -306,7 +314,7 @@ <func> <name>multi_lookup(ETSTable,Key) -> Result</name> - <fsummary>Extract the values associated with a key in a ETS table.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Extracts the values associated with a key in an ETS table.</fsummary> <type> <v>ETSTable = ets_table()</v> <v>Key = term()</v> @@ -314,7 +322,8 @@ </type> <desc> <p><c>multi_lookup</c> extracts all <c>{Key,Value}</c> tuples - from an <c>ETSTable</c> and returns <em>all</em><c>Values</c> associated with the <c>Key</c> in a list.</p> + from an <c>ETSTable</c> and returns <em>all</em> <c>Values</c> + associated with <c>Key</c> in a list.</p> <marker id="reason phrase"></marker> </desc> @@ -322,16 +331,16 @@ <func> <name>reason_phrase(StatusCode) -> Description</name> - <fsummary>Return the description of an HTTP 1.1 status code.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Returns the description of an HTTP 1.1 status code.</fsummary> <type> - <v>StatusCode = 100| 200 | 201 | 202 | 204 | 205 | 206 | 300 | 301 | 302 | 303 | 304 | 400 | 401 | 402 | 403 | 404 | 405 | 406 | 410 411 | 412 | 413 | 414 415 | 416 | 417 | 500 | 501 | 502 | 503 | 504 | 505</v> + <v>StatusCode = 100| 200 | 201 | 202 | 204 | 205 | 206 | 300 | 301 | 302 | 303 | 304 | 400 | 401 | 402 | 403 | 404 | 405 | 406 | 410 411 | 412 | 413 | 414 415 | 416 | 417 | 500 | 501 | 502 | 503 | 504 | 505</v> <v>Description = string()</v> </type> <desc> - <p><c>reason_phrase</c> returns the <c>Description</c> of an - HTTP 1.1 <c>StatusCode</c>, for example 200 is "OK" and 201 - is "Created". Read RFC 2616 for further information.</p> - + <p><c>reason_phrase</c> returns <c>Description</c> of an + HTTP 1.1 <c>StatusCode</c>, for example, 200 is "OK" and 201 + is "Created". For more information, see + <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>.</p> <marker id="rfc1123_date"></marker> </desc> </func> @@ -339,7 +348,7 @@ <func> <name>rfc1123_date() -> RFC1123Date</name> <name>rfc1123_date({{YYYY,MM,DD},{Hour,Min,Sec}}) -> RFC1123Date</name> - <fsummary>Return the current date in RFC 1123 format.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Returns the current date in RFC 1123 format.</fsummary> <type> <v>YYYY = MM = DD = Hour = Min = Sec = integer()</v> <v>RFC1123Date = string()</v> @@ -356,7 +365,7 @@ <func> <name>split(String,RegExp,N) -> SplitRes</name> - <fsummary>Split a string in N chunks using a regular expression.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Splits a string in N chunks using a regular expression.</fsummary> <type> <v>String = RegExp = string()</v> <v>SplitRes = {ok, FieldList} | {error, errordesc()}</v> @@ -365,10 +374,10 @@ </type> <desc> <marker id="split"></marker> - <p><c>split/3</c> splits the <c>String</c> in <c>N</c> chunks - using the <c>RegExp</c>. <c>split/3</c> is is equivalent to - <c>regexp:split/2</c> with one exception, that is <c>N</c> - defines the number of maximum number of fields in the + <p><c>split/3</c> splits <c>String</c> in <c>N</c> chunks + using <c>RegExp</c>. <c>split/3</c> is equivalent to + <c>regexp:split/2</c> with the exception that <c>N</c> + defines the maximum number of fields in <c>FieldList</c>.</p> <marker id="split_script_path"></marker> @@ -377,7 +386,8 @@ <func> <name>split_script_path(RequestLine) -> Splitted</name> - <fsummary>Split a <c>RequestLine</c>in a file reference to an executable and a<c>QueryString</c>or a <c>PathInfo</c>string.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Splits a <c>RequestLine</c> in a file reference to an executable, + and a <c>QueryString</c> or a <c>PathInfo</c>string.</fsummary> <type> <v>RequestLine = string()</v> <v>Splitted = not_a_script | {Path, PathInfo, QueryString}</v> @@ -387,8 +397,8 @@ <marker id="split_script_path"></marker> <p><c>split_script_path/1</c> is equivalent to <c>split_path/1</c> with one exception. If the longest - possible path is not a regular, accessible and executable - file <c>not_a_script</c> is returned.</p> + possible path is not a regular, accessible, and executable + file, then <c>not_a_script</c> is returned.</p> <marker id="split_path"></marker> </desc> @@ -396,20 +406,22 @@ <func> <name>split_path(RequestLine) -> {Path,QueryStringOrPathInfo}</name> - <fsummary>Split a <c>RequestLine</c>in a file reference and a <c>QueryString</c>or a<c>PathInfo</c>string.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Splits a <c>RequestLine</c> in a file reference, and a + <c>QueryString</c> or a <c>PathInfo</c> string.</fsummary> <type> <v>RequestLine = Path = QueryStringOrPathInfo = string()</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="split_path"></marker> - <p><c>split_path/1</c> splits the <c>RequestLine</c> in a file - reference (<c>Path</c>) and a <c>QueryString</c> or a - <c>PathInfo</c> string as specified in RFC 2616. A - <c>QueryString</c> is isolated from the <c>Path</c> with a + <p><c>split_path/1</c> splits <c>RequestLine</c> in a file + reference (<c>Path</c>), and a <c>QueryString</c> or a + <c>PathInfo</c> string as specified in + <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>. + A <c>QueryString</c> is isolated from <c>Path</c> with a question mark (<c>?</c>) and <c>PathInfo</c> with a slash (/). In the case of a <c>QueryString</c>, everything before - the <c>?</c> is a <c>Path</c> and everything after a - <c>QueryString</c>. In the case of a <c>PathInfo</c> the + <c>?</c> is a <c>Path</c> and everything after <c>?</c> is a + <c>QueryString</c>. In the case of a <c>PathInfo</c>, <c>RequestLine</c> is scanned from left-to-right on the hunt for longest possible <c>Path</c> being a file or a directory. Everything after the longest possible @@ -423,14 +435,15 @@ <func> <name>strip(String) -> Stripped</name> - <fsummary>Returns String where the leading and trailing space and tabs has been removed.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Returns <c>String</c> where the leading and trailing space + tabs are removed.</fsummary> <type> <v>String = Stripped = string()</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="strip"></marker> <p><c>strip/1</c> removes any leading or trailing linear white - space from the string. Linear white space should be read as + space from the string. Linear white space is to be read as horizontal tab or space.</p> <marker id="suffix"></marker> @@ -439,15 +452,15 @@ <func> <name>suffix(FileName) -> Suffix</name> - <fsummary>Extract the file suffix from a given filename.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Extracts the file suffix from a given filename.</fsummary> <type> <v>FileName = Suffix = string()</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="suffix"></marker> <p><c>suffix/1</c> is equivalent to - <c>filename:extension/1</c> with one exception, that is - <c>Suffix</c> is returned without a leading dot (<c>.</c>). </p> + <c>filename:extension/1</c> with the exception that + <c>Suffix</c> is returned without a leading dot (<c>.</c>).</p> </desc> </func> </funcs> 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> diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_alias.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_alias.xml index d073b5c5b8..d48276874a 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_alias.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_alias.xml @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ <module>mod_alias</module> <modulesummary>URL aliasing.</modulesummary> <description> - <p>Erlang Webserver Server internal API for handling of things - such as interaction data exported by the mod_alias module.</p> + <p>Erlang web server internal API for handling of, for example, + interaction data exported by module <c>mod_alias</c>.</p> <marker id="default_index"></marker> </description> @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ <funcs> <func> <name>default_index(ConfigDB, Path) -> NewPath</name> - <fsummary>Return a new path with the default resource or file appended.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Returns a new path with the default resource or file appended.</fsummary> <type> <v>ConfigDB = config_db()</v> <v>Path = NewPath = string()</v> @@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ <marker id="default_index"></marker> <p>If <c>Path</c> is a directory, <c>default_index/2</c>, it starts searching for resources or files that are specified in the config - directive DirectoryIndex. + directive <c>DirectoryIndex</c>. If an appropriate resource or file is found, it is appended to the end of <c>Path</c> and then returned. <c>Path</c> is - returned unaltered, if no appropriate - file is found, or if <c>Path</c> is not a directory. + returned unaltered if no appropriate + file is found or if <c>Path</c> is not a directory. <c>config_db()</c> is the server config file in ETS table format as described in - <seealso marker="http_server">Inets Users Guide.</seealso>.</p> + <seealso marker="http_server">Inets User’s Guide</seealso>.</p> <marker id="path"></marker> </desc> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ <func> <name>path(PathData, ConfigDB, RequestURI) -> Path</name> - <fsummary>Return the actual file path to a URL.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Returns the file path to a URL.</fsummary> <type> <v>PathData = interaction_data()</v> <v>ConfigDB = config_db()</v> @@ -73,15 +73,16 @@ </type> <desc> <marker id="path"></marker> - <p><c>path/3</c> returns the actual file <c>Path</c> in the - <c>RequestURI</c> (See RFC 1945). If the interaction data - <c>{real_name,{Path,AfterPath}}</c> has been exported by - mod_alias; + <p><c>path/3</c> returns the file <c>Path</c> in the + <c>RequestURI</c> (see + <url href="http://www.rfc-base.org/rfc-1945.html">RFC 1945</url>). + If the interaction data <c>{real_name,{Path,AfterPath}}</c> + has been exported by <c>mod_alias</c>, <c>Path</c> is returned. If no interaction data has been - exported, ServerRoot is used to + exported, <c>ServerRoot</c> is used to generate a file <c>Path</c>. <c>config_db()</c> and <c>interaction_data()</c> are as defined in - <seealso marker="http_server">Inets Users Guide</seealso>.</p> + <seealso marker="http_server">Inets User’s Guide</seealso>.</p> <marker id="real_name"></marker> </desc> @@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ <func> <name>real_name(ConfigDB, RequestURI, Aliases) -> Ret</name> - <fsummary>Expand a request uri using Alias config directives.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Expands a request URI using <c>Aliases</c> config directives.</fsummary> <type> <v>ConfigDB = config_db()</v> <v>RequestURI = string()</v> @@ -101,18 +102,18 @@ <marker id="real_name"></marker> <p><c>real_name/3</c> traverses <c>Aliases</c>, typically extracted from <c>ConfigDB</c>, and matches each - <c>FakeName</c> with <c>RequestURI</c>. If a match is found + <c>FakeName</c> with <c>RequestURI</c>. If a match is found, <c>FakeName</c> is replaced with <c>RealName</c> in the - match. The resulting path is split into two parts, that - is <c>ShortPath</c> and <c>AfterPath</c> as defined in + match. The resulting path is split into two parts, + <c>ShortPath</c> and <c>AfterPath</c>, as defined in <seealso marker="httpd_util#split_path">httpd_util:split_path/1</seealso>. - <c>Path</c> is generated from <c>ShortPath</c>, that is + <c>Path</c> is generated from <c>ShortPath</c>, that is, the result from <seealso marker="#default_index">default_index/2</seealso> with <c>ShortPath</c> as an argument. <c>config_db()</c> is the server config file in ETS table format as described in - <seealso marker="http_server">Inets User Guide.</seealso>. </p> + <seealso marker="http_server">Inets User’s Guide</seealso>.</p> <marker id="real_script_name"></marker> </desc> @@ -120,7 +121,8 @@ <func> <name>real_script_name(ConfigDB, RequestURI, ScriptAliases) -> Ret</name> - <fsummary>Expand a request uri using ScriptAlias config directives.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Expands a request URI using <c>ScriptAliases</c> + config directives.</fsummary> <type> <v>ConfigDB = config_db()</v> <v>RequestURI = string()</v> @@ -132,14 +134,16 @@ <marker id="real_script_name"></marker> <p><c>real_script_name/3</c> traverses <c>ScriptAliases</c>, typically extracted from <c>ConfigDB</c>, and matches each - <c>FakeName</c> with <c>RequestURI</c>. If a match is found + <c>FakeName</c> with <c>RequestURI</c>. If a match is found, <c>FakeName</c> is replaced with <c>RealName</c> in the - match. If the resulting match is not an executable script - <c>not_a_script</c> is returned. If it is a script the - resulting script path is in two parts, that is - <c>ShortPath</c> and <c>AfterPath</c> as defined in <seealso marker="httpd_util#split_script_path">httpd_util:split_script_path/1</seealso>. + match. If the resulting match is not an executable script, + <c>not_a_script</c> is returned. If it is a script, the + resulting script path is in two parts, + <c>ShortPath</c> and <c>AfterPath</c>, as defined in + <seealso marker="httpd_util#split_script_path">httpd_util:split_script_path/1</seealso>. <c>config_db()</c> is the server config file in ETS table - format as described in <seealso marker="http_server">Inets Users Guide.</seealso>.</p> + format as described in + <seealso marker="http_server">Inets User’s Guide</seealso>.</p> </desc> </func> </funcs> diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_auth.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_auth.xml index fda945cf73..8bef025be8 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_auth.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_auth.xml @@ -30,68 +30,68 @@ <file>mod_auth.sgml</file> </header> <module>mod_auth</module> - <modulesummary>User authentication using text files, dets or mnesia database.</modulesummary> + <modulesummary>User authentication using text files, Dets, or Mnesia database.</modulesummary> <description> <p>This module provides for basic user authentication using - textual files, dets databases as well as mnesia databases. </p> + textual files, <c>Dets</c> databases, or <c>Mnesia</c> databases.</p> <marker id="add_user"></marker> </description> <funcs> <func> - <name>add_user(UserName, Options) -> true| {error, Reason}</name> + <name>add_user(UserName, Options) -> true| {error, Reason}</name> <name>add_user(UserName, Password, UserData, Port, Dir) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> <name>add_user(UserName, Password, UserData, Address, Port, Dir) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Add a user to the user database.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Adds a user to the user database.</fsummary> <type> - <v>UserName = string()</v> - <v>Options = [Option]</v> - <v>Option = {password,Password} | {userData,UserData} | {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> - <v>Password = string()</v> - <v>UserData = term()</v> - <v>Port = integer()</v> - <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> - <v>Dir = string()</v> + <v>UserName = string()</v> + <v>Options = [Option]</v> + <v>Option = {password,Password} | {userData,UserData} | {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> + <v>Password = string()</v> + <v>UserData = term()</v> + <v>Port = integer()</v> + <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> + <v>Dir = string()</v> <v>AuthPassword =string()</v> - <v>Reason = term()</v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="user_api"></marker> <marker id="add_user"></marker> - <p><c>add_user/2, add_user/5</c> and <c>add_user/6</c> adds a - user to the user - database. If the operation is successful, this function returns - <c>true</c>. If an error occurs, <c>{error,Reason}</c> is returned. - When <c>add_user/2</c> is called the Password, - UserData Port and Dir options is mandatory.</p> + <p><c>add_user/2, add_user/5</c>, and <c>add_user/6</c> each adds a + user to the user database. If the operation is successful, + this function returns <c>true</c>. If an error occurs, + <c>{error,Reason}</c> is returned. + When <c>add_user/2</c> is called, options <c>Password</c>, + <c>UserData</c>, <c>Port</c>, and <c>Dir</c> are mandatory.</p> <marker id="delete_user"></marker> </desc> </func> <func> - <name>delete_user(UserName,Options) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> + <name>delete_user(UserName,Options) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> <name>delete_user(UserName, Port, Dir) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> <name>delete_user(UserName, Address, Port, Dir) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Delete a user from the user database.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Deletes a user from the user database.</fsummary> <type> - <v>UserName = string()</v> - <v>Options = [Option]</v> - <v>Option = {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> - <v>Port = integer()</v> - <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> - <v>Dir = string()</v> + <v>UserName = string()</v> + <v>Options = [Option]</v> + <v>Option = {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> + <v>Port = integer()</v> + <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> + <v>Dir = string()</v> <v>AuthPassword = string()</v> - <v>Reason = term()</v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="delete_user"></marker> - <p><c>delete_user/2, delete_user/3</c> and <c>delete_user/4</c> - deletes a user from the user database. + <p><c>delete_user/2, delete_user/3</c>, and <c>delete_user/4</c> + each deletes a user from the user database. If the operation is successful, this function returns <c>true</c>. If an error occurs, <c>{error,Reason}</c> is returned. - When <c>delete_user/2</c> is called the Port and Dir options + When <c>delete_user/2</c> is called, options <c>Port</c> and <c>Dir</c> are mandatory.</p> <marker id="get_user"></marker> @@ -104,22 +104,22 @@ <name>get_user(UserName, Address, Port, Dir) -> {ok, #httpd_user} | {error, Reason}</name> <fsummary>Returns a user from the user database.</fsummary> <type> - <v>UserName = string()</v> - <v>Options = [Option]</v> - <v>Option = {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> - <v>Port = integer()</v> - <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> - <v>Dir = string()</v> + <v>UserName = string()</v> + <v>Options = [Option]</v> + <v>Option = {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> + <v>Port = integer()</v> + <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> + <v>Dir = string()</v> <v>AuthPassword = string()</v> - <v>Reason = term()</v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="get_user"></marker> - <p><c>get_user/2, get_user/3</c> and <c>get_user/4</c> returns a - <c>httpd_user</c> record containing the userdata for a + <p><c>get_user/2, get_user/3</c>, and <c>get_user/4</c> each + returns an <c>httpd_user</c> record containing the userdata for a specific user. If the user cannot be found, <c>{error, Reason}</c> - is returned. When <c>get_user/2</c> is called the Port and Dir - options are mandatory.</p> + is returned. When <c>get_user/2</c> is called, options <c>Port</c> and <c>Dir</c> + are mandatory.</p> <marker id="list_users"></marker> </desc> @@ -129,24 +129,24 @@ <name>list_users(Options) -> {ok, Users} | {error, Reason}</name> <name>list_users(Port, Dir) -> {ok, Users} | {error, Reason}</name> <name>list_users(Address, Port, Dir) -> {ok, Users} | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>List users in the user database.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Lists users in the user database.</fsummary> <type> - <v>Options = [Option]</v> - <v>Option = {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> - <v>Port = integer()</v> - <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> - <v>Dir = string()</v> - <v>Users = list()</v> + <v>Options = [Option]</v> + <v>Option = {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> + <v>Port = integer()</v> + <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> + <v>Dir = string()</v> + <v>Users = list()</v> <v>AuthPassword = string()</v> - <v>Reason = atom()</v> + <v>Reason = atom()</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="list_users"></marker> - <p><c>list_users/1, list_users/2</c> and <c>list_users/3</c> - returns a list + <p><c>list_users/1, list_users/2</c>, and <c>list_users/3</c> + each returns a list of users in the user database for a specific <c>Port/Dir</c>. - When <c>list_users/1</c> is called the Port and Dir - options are mandatory.</p> + When <c>list_users/1</c> is called, options <c>Port</c> and <c>Dir</c> + are mandatory.</p> <marker id="add_group_member"></marker> </desc> @@ -156,27 +156,27 @@ <name>add_group_member(GroupName, UserName, Options) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> <name>add_group_member(GroupName, UserName, Port, Dir) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> <name>add_group_member(GroupName, UserName, Address, Port, Dir) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Add a user to a group.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Adds a user to a group.</fsummary> <type> - <v>GroupName = string()</v> - <v>UserName = string()</v> - <v>Options = [Option]</v> - <v>Option = {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> - <v>Port = integer()</v> - <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> - <v>Dir = string()</v> + <v>GroupName = string()</v> + <v>UserName = string()</v> + <v>Options = [Option]</v> + <v>Option = {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> + <v>Port = integer()</v> + <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> + <v>Dir = string()</v> <v>AuthPassword = string()</v> - <v>Reason = term()</v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="add_group_member"></marker> - <p><c>add_group_member/3, add_group_member/4</c> and - <c>add_group_member/5</c> + <p><c>add_group_member/3, add_group_member/4</c>, and + <c>add_group_member/5</c> each adds a user to a group. If the group does not exist, it is created and the user is added to the group. Upon successful operation, this function returns <c>true</c>. When <c>add_group_members/3</c> - is called the Port and Dir options are mandatory.</p> + is called, options <c>Port</c> and <c>Dir</c> are mandatory.</p> <marker id="delete_group_member"></marker> </desc> @@ -186,26 +186,26 @@ <name>delete_group_member(GroupName, UserName, Options) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> <name>delete_group_member(GroupName, UserName, Port, Dir) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> <name>delete_group_member(GroupName, UserName, Address, Port, Dir) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Remove a user from a group.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Removes a user from a group.</fsummary> <type> - <v>GroupName = string()</v> - <v>UserName = string()</v> - <v>Options = [Option]</v> - <v>Option = {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> - <v>Port = integer()</v> - <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> - <v>Dir = string()</v> + <v>GroupName = string()</v> + <v>UserName = string()</v> + <v>Options = [Option]</v> + <v>Option = {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> + <v>Port = integer()</v> + <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> + <v>Dir = string()</v> <v>AuthPassword = string()</v> - <v>Reason = term()</v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="delete_group_member"></marker> - <p><c>delete_group_member/3, delete_group_member/4</c> and - <c>delete_group_member/5</c> deletes a user from a group. + <p><c>delete_group_member/3, delete_group_member/4</c>, and + <c>delete_group_member/5</c> each deletes a user from a group. If the group or the user does not exist, - this function returns an error, otherwise it returns <c>true</c>. - When <c>delete_group_member/3</c> is called the Port and Dir options - are mandatory.</p> + this function returns an error, otherwise <c>true</c>. + When <c>delete_group_member/3</c> is called, the options <c>Port</c> + and <c>Dir</c> are mandatory.</p> <marker id="list_group_members"></marker> </desc> @@ -215,26 +215,26 @@ <name>list_group_members(GroupName, Options) -> {ok, Users} | {error, Reason}</name> <name>list_group_members(GroupName, Port, Dir) -> {ok, Users} | {error, Reason}</name> <name>list_group_members(GroupName, Address, Port, Dir) -> {ok, Users} | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>List the members of a group.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Lists the members of a group.</fsummary> <type> - <v>GroupName = string()</v> - <v>Options = [Option]</v> - <v>Option = {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> - <v>Port = integer()</v> - <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> - <v>Dir = string()</v> - <v>Users = list()</v> + <v>GroupName = string()</v> + <v>Options = [Option]</v> + <v>Option = {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> + <v>Port = integer()</v> + <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> + <v>Dir = string()</v> + <v>Users = list()</v> <v>AuthPassword = string()</v> - <v>Reason = term()</v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="list_group_members"></marker> - <p><c>list_group_members/2, list_group_members/3</c> and - <c>list_group_members/4</c> + <p><c>list_group_members/2, list_group_members/3</c>, and + <c>list_group_members/4</c> each lists the members of a specified group. If the group does not exist or there is an error, <c>{error, Reason}</c> is returned. - When <c>list_group_members/2</c> is called the Port and Dir options - are mandatory.</p> + When <c>list_group_members/2</c> is called, options <c>Port</c> + and <c>Dir</c> are mandatory.</p> <marker id="list_groups"></marker> </desc> @@ -244,24 +244,24 @@ <name>list_groups(Options) -> {ok, Groups} | {error, Reason}</name> <name>list_groups(Port, Dir) -> {ok, Groups} | {error, Reason}</name> <name>list_groups(Address, Port, Dir) -> {ok, Groups} | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>List all the groups.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Lists all the groups.</fsummary> <type> - <v>Options = [Option]</v> - <v>Option = {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> - <v>Port = integer()</v> - <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> - <v>Dir = string()</v> - <v>Groups = list()</v> + <v>Options = [Option]</v> + <v>Option = {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> + <v>Port = integer()</v> + <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> + <v>Dir = string()</v> + <v>Groups = list()</v> <v>AuthPassword = string()</v> - <v>Reason = term()</v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="list_groups"></marker> - <p><c>list_groups/1, list_groups/2</c> and <c>list_groups/3</c> - lists all the groups available. + <p><c>list_groups/1, list_groups/2</c>, and <c>list_groups/3</c> + each lists all the groups available. If there is an error, <c>{error, Reason}</c> is returned. - When <c>list_groups/1</c> is called the Port and Dir options - are mandatory.</p> + When <c>list_groups/1</c> is called, options <c>Port</c> + and <c>Dir</c> are mandatory.</p> <marker id="delete_group"></marker> </desc> @@ -270,24 +270,24 @@ <func> <name>delete_group(GroupName, Options) -> true | {error,Reason} <name>delete_group(GroupName, Port, Dir) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> <name>delete_group(GroupName, Address, Port, Dir) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Deletes a group</fsummary> + <fsummary>Deletes a group.</fsummary> <type> - <v>Options = [Option]</v> - <v>Option = {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> - <v>Port = integer()</v> - <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> - <v>Dir = string()</v> - <v>GroupName = string()</v> + <v>Options = [Option]</v> + <v>Option = {port,Port} | {addr,Address} | {dir,Directory} | {authPassword,AuthPassword}</v> + <v>Port = integer()</v> + <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> + <v>Dir = string()</v> + <v>GroupName = string()</v> <v>AuthPassword = string()</v> - <v>Reason = term()</v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="delete_group"></marker> - <p><c>delete_group/2, delete_group/3</c> and <c>delete_group/4</c> - deletes the group specified and returns <c>true</c>. + <p><c>delete_group/2, delete_group/3</c>, and <c>delete_group/4</c> + each deletes the group specified and returns <c>true</c>. If there is an error, <c>{error, Reason}</c> is returned. - When <c>delete_group/2</c> is called the - Port and Dir options are mandatory.</p> + When <c>delete_group/2</c> is called, option + <c>Port</c> and <c>Dir</c> are mandatory.</p> <marker id="update_password"></marker> </desc> @@ -296,23 +296,23 @@ <func> <name>update_password(Port, Dir, OldPassword, NewPassword, NewPassword) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> <name>update_password(Address,Port, Dir, OldPassword, NewPassword, NewPassword) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Change the AuthAcessPassword</fsummary> + <fsummary>Changes <c>AuthAcessPassword</c>.</fsummary> <type> - <v>Port = integer()</v> - <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> - <v>Dir = string()</v> - <v>GroupName = string()</v> - <v>OldPassword = string()</v> - <v>NewPassword = string()</v> - <v>Reason = term()</v> + <v>Port = integer()</v> + <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> + <v>Dir = string()</v> + <v>GroupName = string()</v> + <v>OldPassword = string()</v> + <v>NewPassword = string()</v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="update_password"></marker> - <p><c>update_password/5</c> and <c>update_password/6</c> - Updates the AuthAccessPassword for the specified directory. - If NewPassword is equal to "NoPassword" no password is requires to + <p><c>update_password/5</c> and <c>update_password/6</c> each + updates <c>AuthAccessPassword</c> for the specified directory. + If <c>NewPassword</c> is equal to "NoPassword", no password is required to change authorisation data. - If NewPassword is equal to "DummyPassword" no changes can be done + If <c>NewPassword</c> is equal to "DummyPassword", no changes can be done without changing the password first.</p> </desc> </func> @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ <marker id="see_also"></marker> <title>SEE ALSO</title> <p><seealso marker="httpd">httpd(3)</seealso>, - <seealso marker="mod_alias">mod_alias(3)</seealso>,</p> + <seealso marker="mod_alias">mod_alias(3)</seealso></p> </section> </erlref> diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_esi.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_esi.xml index 8044f46242..66c59a0c60 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_esi.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_esi.xml @@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ <file>mod_esi.sgml</file> </header> <module>mod_esi</module> - <modulesummary>Erlang Server Interface </modulesummary> + <modulesummary>Erlang Server Interface</modulesummary> <description> <p>This module defines the Erlang Server Interface (ESI) API. - It is a more efficient way of writing erlang scripts - for your Inets web server than writing them as common CGI scripts.</p> + It is a more efficient way of writing Erlang scripts + for your <c>Inets</c> web server than writing them as common CGI scripts.</p> <marker id="deliver"></marker> </description> @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ <funcs> <func> <name>deliver(SessionID, Data) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Sends Data back to client.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Sends <c>Data</c> back to client.</fsummary> <type> <v>SessionID = term()</v> <v>Data = string() | io_list() | binary()</v> @@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ <p>This function is <em>only</em> intended to be used from functions called by the Erl Scheme interface to deliver parts of the content to the user.</p> - <p>Sends data from a Erl Scheme script back to the client.</p> + <p>Sends data from an Erl Scheme script back to the client.</p> <note> - <p>Note that if any HTTP-header fields should be added by the - script they must be in the first call to deliver/2 and the - data in the call must be a string. Calls after the headers - are complete may contain binary data to reduce copying - overhead. Do not assume anything about the data type of - SessionID, the SessionID must be the value given as input to - the esi call back function that you implemented.</p> + <p>If any HTTP header fields are added by the + script, they must be in the first call to <c>deliver/2</c>, + and the data in the call must be a string. Calls after the headers + are complete can contain binary data to reduce copying + overhead. Do not assume anything about the data type of + <c>SessionID</c>. <c>SessionID</c> must be the value given + as input to the ESI callback function that you implemented.</p> </note> </desc> </func> @@ -74,54 +74,55 @@ <funcs> <func> <name>Module:Function(SessionID, Env, Input)-> _ </name> - <fsummary>Creates a dynamic web page and returns it chunk by chunk to the server process by calling mod_esi:deliver/2.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Creates a dynamic web page and returns it chunk by chunk + to the server process by calling <c>mod_esi:deliver/2</c>.</fsummary> <type> <v>SessionID = term()</v> - <v>Env = [EnvironmentDirectives] ++ ParsedHeader</v> + <v>Env = [EnvironmentDirectives] ++ ParsedHeader</v> <v>EnvironmentDirectives = {Key,Value}</v> <v>Key = query_string | content_length | server_software | gateway_interface | server_protocol | server_port | request_method | remote_addr | script_name</v> <v>Input = string()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>The <c>Module</c> must be found in the code path and export - <c>Function</c> with an arity of three. An erlScriptAlias must - also be set up in the configuration file for the Web server.</p> - <p>If the HTTP request is a 'post' request and a body is sent - then content_length will be the length of the posted - data. If 'get' is used query_string will be the data after - <em>?</em> in the url.</p> - <p>ParsedHeader is the HTTP request as a key value tuple - list. The keys in parsed header will be the in lower case.</p> - <p>SessionID is a identifier - the server uses when <c>deliver/2</c> is called; do not + <p><c>Module</c> must be found in the code path and export + <c>Function</c> with an arity of three. An <c>erlScriptAlias</c> must + also be set up in the configuration file for the web server.</p> + <p>If the HTTP request is a 'post' request and a body is sent, + <c>content_length</c> is the length of the posted + data. If 'get' is used, <c>query_string</c> is the data after + <em>?</em> in the URL.</p> + <p><c>ParsedHeader</c> is the HTTP request as a key-value tuple + list. The keys in <c>ParsedHeader</c> are in lower case.</p> + <p><c>SessionID</c> is an identifier + the server uses when <c>deliver/2</c> is called. Do not assume anything about the datatype.</p> - <p>Use this callback function to dynamically generate dynamic web - content. When a part of the page is generated send the - data back to the client through <c>deliver/2</c>. Note + <p>Use this callback function to generate dynamic web + content dynamically. When a part of the page is generated, send the + data back to the client through <c>deliver/2</c>. Notice that the first chunk of data sent to the client must at least contain all HTTP header fields that the response will generate. If the first chunk does not contain the - <em>End of HTTP header</em>, that is <c>"\r\n\r\n",</c> - the server will - assume that no HTTP header fields will be generated.</p> + <em>end of HTTP header</em>, that is, <c>"\r\n\r\n",</c> + the server assumes that no HTTP header fields will be generated.</p> </desc> </func> <func> <name>Module:Function(Env, Input)-> Response </name> - <fsummary>Creates a dynamic web page and return it as a list. This functions is deprecated and only kept for backwards compatibility.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Creates a dynamic web page and returns it as a list. + This function is deprecated and is only kept for backwards compatibility.</fsummary> <type> - <v>Env = [EnvironmentDirectives] ++ ParsedHeader</v> + <v>Env = [EnvironmentDirectives] ++ ParsedHeader</v> <v>EnvironmentDirectives = {Key,Value}</v> <v>Key = query_string | content_length | server_software | gateway_interface | server_protocol | server_port | request_method | remote_addr | script_name.</v> <v>Input = string()</v> <v>Response = string()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>This callback format consumes a lot of memory since the + <p>This callback format consumes much memory, as the whole response must be generated before it is sent to the - user. This function is deprecated and only kept for backwards + user. This function is deprecated and is only kept for backwards compatibility. - For new development Module:Function/3 should be used.</p> + For new development, use <c>Module:Function/3</c>.</p> </desc> </func> </funcs> diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml index 467c68d364..7aae98e1cf 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml @@ -40,19 +40,21 @@ <name>list_auth_users(Address, Port) -> Users | []</name> <name>list_auth_users(Port, Dir) -> Users | []</name> <name>list_auth_users(Address, Port, Dir) -> Users | []</name> - <fsummary>List users that have authenticated within the SecurityAuthTimeout time for a given address (if specified), port number and directory (if specified).</fsummary> + <fsummary>Lists users that have authenticated within the <c>SecurityAuthTimeout</c> + time for a given address (if specified), port number, and directory + (if specified).</fsummary> <type> - <v>Port = integer()</v> + <v>Port = integer()</v> <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> - <v>Dir = string()</v> - <v>Users = list() = [string()]</v> + <v>Dir = string()</v> + <v>Users = list() = [string()]</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="list_auth_users"></marker> - <p><c>list_auth_users/1</c>, <c>list_auth_users/2</c> and - <c>list_auth_users/3</c> returns a list of users that are + <p><c>list_auth_users/1</c>, <c>list_auth_users/2</c>, and + <c>list_auth_users/3</c> each returns a list of users that are currently authenticated. Authentications are stored for - SecurityAuthTimeout seconds, and are then discarded.</p> + <c>SecurityAuthTimeout</c> seconds, and then discarded.</p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -60,69 +62,70 @@ <name>list_blocked_users(Address, Port) -> Users | []</name> <name>list_blocked_users(Port, Dir) -> Users | []</name> <name>list_blocked_users(Address, Port, Dir) -> Users | []</name> - <fsummary>List users that are currently blocked from access to a specified port number, for a given address (if specified).</fsummary> + <fsummary>Lists users that are currently blocked from access to a + specified port number, for a given address (if specified).</fsummary> <type> - <v>Port = integer()</v> + <v>Port = integer()</v> <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> - <v>Dir = string()</v> - <v>Users = list() = [string()]</v> + <v>Dir = string()</v> + <v>Users = list() = [string()]</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="list_blocked_users"></marker> - <p><c>list_blocked_users/1</c>, <c>list_blocked_users/2</c> and - <c>list_blocked_users/3</c> returns a list of users that are + <p><c>list_blocked_users/1</c>, <c>list_blocked_users/2</c>, and + <c>list_blocked_users/3</c> each returns a list of users that are currently blocked from access.</p> </desc> </func> <func> <name>block_user(User, Port, Dir, Seconds) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> <name>block_user(User, Address, Port, Dir, Seconds) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Block user from access to a directory for a certain amount of time.</fsummary> + <fsummary>Blocks a user from access to a directory for a certain amount of time.</fsummary> <type> - <v>User = string()</v> - <v>Port = integer()</v> + <v>User = string()</v> + <v>Port = integer()</v> <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> - <v>Dir = string()</v> + <v>Dir = string()</v> <v>Seconds = integer() | infinity</v> - <v>Reason = no_such_directory</v> + <v>Reason = no_such_directory</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="block_user"></marker> - <p><c>block_user/4</c> and <c>block_user/5</c> blocks the user - <c>User</c> from the directory <c>Dir</c> for a specified + <p><c>block_user/4</c> and <c>block_user/5</c> each blocks the user + <c>User</c> from directory <c>Dir</c> for a specified amount of time.</p> </desc> </func> <func> - <name>unblock_user(User, Port) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> + <name>unblock_user(User, Port) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> <name>unblock_user(User, Address, Port) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> - <name>unblock_user(User, Port, Dir) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> + <name>unblock_user(User, Port, Dir) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> <name>unblock_user(User, Address, Port, Dir) -> true | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Remove a blocked user from the block list</fsummary> + <fsummary>Removes a blocked user from the block list.</fsummary> <type> - <v>User = string()</v> - <v>Port = integer()</v> + <v>User = string()</v> + <v>Port = integer()</v> <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() | undefined</v> - <v>Dir = string()</v> + <v>Dir = string()</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="unblock_user"></marker> - <p><c>unblock_user/2</c>, <c>unblock_user/3</c> and - <c>unblock_user/4</c> removes the user <c>User</c> from - the list of blocked users for the Port (and Dir) specified.</p> + <p><c>unblock_user/2</c>, <c>unblock_user/3</c>, and + <c>unblock_user/4</c> each removes the user <c>User</c> from + the list of blocked users for <c>Port</c> (and <c>Dir</c>).</p> </desc> </func> </funcs> <section> <marker id="callback_module"></marker> - <title>The SecurityCallbackModule</title> - <p>The SecurityCallbackModule is a user written module that can receive - events from the mod_security Erlang Webserver API module. - This module only exports the function(s), + <title>SecurityCallbackModule</title> + <p>The <c>SecurityCallbackModule</c> is a user-written module that can receive + events from the <c>mod_security</c> Erlang web server API module. + This module only exports the functions <seealso marker="#callback_module_event">event/4,5</seealso>, - which are described below. + which are described here. </p> </section> @@ -130,26 +133,33 @@ <func> <name>event(What, Port, Dir, Data) -> ignored</name> <name>event(What, Address, Port, Dir, Data) -> ignored</name> - <fsummary>This function is called whenever an event occurs in mod_security</fsummary> + <fsummary>Called whenever an event occurs in <c>mod_security</c>.</fsummary> <type> - <v>What = atom()</v> - <v>Port = integer()</v> + <v>What = atom()</v> + <v>Port = integer()</v> <v>Address = {A,B,C,D} | string() <v>Dir = string()</v> - <v>Data = [Info]</v> - <v>Info = {Name, Value}</v> + <v>Data = [Info]</v> + <v>Info = {Name, Value}</v> </type> <desc> <marker id="callback_module_event"></marker> - <p><c>event/4</c> or <c>event/4</c> is called whenever an event - occurs in the mod_security Erlang Webserver API module (<c>event/4</c> is - called if Address is undefined and <c>event/5</c> otherwise). - The <c>What</c> argument specifies the type of event that has - occurred, and should be one of the following reasons; - <c>auth_fail</c> (a failed user authentication), - <c>user_block</c> (a user is being blocked from access) or - <c>user_unblock</c> (a user is being removed from the block list).</p> + <p><c>event/4</c> or <c>event/5</c> is called whenever an event + occurs in the <c>mod_security</c> Erlang web server API module. + (<c>event/4</c> is called if <c>Address</c> is undefined, + otherwise <c>event/5</c>. + Argument <c>What</c> specifies the type of event that has + occurred and is one of the following reasons: + </p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>auth_fail</c></tag> + <item><p>A failed user authentication.</p></item> + <tag><c>user_block</c></tag> + <item><p>A user is being blocked from access.</p></item> + <tag><c>user_unblock</c></tag> + <item><p>A user is being removed from the block list.</p></item> + </taglist> <note> - <p>Note that the <c>user_unblock</c> event is not triggered when + <p>The event <c>user_unblock</c> is not triggered when a user is removed from the block list explicitly using the <c>unblock_user</c> function.</p> </note> diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/ref_man.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/ref_man.xml index ab6b399a74..27021ea09a 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/ref_man.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/ref_man.xml @@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ <file>ref_man.xml</file> </header> <description> - <p>Inets is a container for Internet clients and - servers. Currently a FTP client, a HTTP client and server, and - a tftp client and server has been incorporated in Inets.</p> + <p><c>Inets</c> is a container for Internet clients and + servers. An FTP client, an HTTP client and server, and + a TFTP client and server are incorporated in <c>Inets</c>.</p> </description> <xi:include href="inets.xml"/> <xi:include href="ftp.xml"/> diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/tftp.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/tftp.xml index e70712fd1e..78f77f5b91 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/tftp.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/tftp.xml @@ -29,173 +29,170 @@ <rev></rev> </header> <module>tftp</module> - <modulesummary>Trivial FTP</modulesummary> + <modulesummary>Trivial FTP.</modulesummary> <description> <p>This is a complete implementation of the following IETF standards:</p> <list type="bulleted"> - <item>RFC 1350, The TFTP Protocol (revision 2).</item> - <item>RFC 2347, TFTP Option Extension.</item> - <item>RFC 2348, TFTP Blocksize Option.</item> - <item>RFC 2349, TFTP Timeout Interval and Transfer Size Options.</item> + <item>RFC 1350, The TFTP Protocol (revision 2)</item> + <item>RFC 2347, TFTP Option Extension</item> + <item>RFC 2348, TFTP Blocksize Option</item> + <item>RFC 2349, TFTP Timeout Interval and Transfer Size Options</item> </list> - <p>The only feature that not is implemented in this release is + <p>The only feature that not is implemented is the "netascii" transfer mode.</p> <p>The <seealso marker="#start/1">start/1</seealso> function starts - a daemon process which listens for UDP packets on a port. When it - receives a request for read or write it spawns a temporary server - process which handles the actual transfer of the file.</p> - <p>On the client side - the <seealso marker="#read_file/3">read_file/3</seealso> + a daemon process listening for UDP packets on a port. When it + receives a request for read or write, it spawns a temporary server + process handling the transfer.</p> + <p>On the client side, + function <seealso marker="#read_file/3">read_file/3</seealso> and <seealso marker="#write_file/3">write_file/3</seealso> - functions spawns a temporary client process which establishes - contact with a TFTP daemon and performs the actual transfer of - the file.</p> - <p><c>tftp</c> uses a callback module to handle the actual file + spawn a temporary client process establishing + contact with a TFTP daemon and perform the file transfer.</p> + <p><c>tftp</c> uses a callback module to handle the file transfer. Two such callback modules are provided, <c>tftp_binary</c> and <c>tftp_file</c>. See <seealso marker="#read_file/3">read_file/3</seealso> and - <seealso marker="#write_file/3">write_file/3</seealso> for - more information about these. The user can also implement own - callback modules, see <seealso marker="#tftp_callback">CALLBACK FUNCTIONS</seealso> below. A callback module provided by - the user is registered using the <c>callback</c> option, see - <seealso marker="#options">DATA TYPES</seealso> below.</p> + <seealso marker="#write_file/3">write_file/3</seealso> for details. + You can also implement your own callback modules, see + <seealso marker="#tftp_callback">CALLBACK FUNCTIONS</seealso>. + A callback module provided by + the user is registered using option <c>callback</c>, see + <seealso marker="#options">DATA TYPES</seealso>.</p> </description> <section> - <title>TFTP SERVER SERVICE START/STOP </title> + <title>TFTP SERVER SERVICE START/STOP</title> <p>A TFTP server can be configured to start statically when starting - the Inets application. Alternatively it can be started dynamically - (when Inets already is started) by calling the Inets application API - <c>inets:start(tftpd, ServiceConfig)</c>, or + the <c>Inets</c> application. Alternatively, it can be started dynamically + (when <c>Inets</c> is already started) by calling the <c>Inets</c> application + API <c>inets:start(tftpd, ServiceConfig)</c> or <c>inets:start(tftpd, ServiceConfig, How)</c>, see <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso> for details. - The <c>ServiceConfig</c> for TFTP is described below in - the <seealso marker="#options">COMMON DATA TYPES</seealso> + The <c>ServiceConfig</c> for TFTP is described in + the <seealso marker="#options">DATA TYPES</seealso> section.</p> <p>The TFTP server can be stopped using <c>inets:stop(tftpd, Pid)</c>, see <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso> for details.</p> <p>The TPFT client is of such a temporary nature that it is not - handled as a service in the Inets service framework.</p> + handled as a service in the <c>Inets</c> service framework.</p> </section> <section> <marker id="options"></marker> - <title>COMMON DATA TYPES</title> - <pre> - ServiceConfig = Options - Options = [option()] - option() -- see below - </pre> + <title>DATA TYPES</title> + <p><c>ServiceConfig = Options</c></p> + <p><c>Options = [option()]</c></p> <p>Most of the options are common for both the client and the server - side, but some of them differs a little. Here are the available - options:</p> + side, but some of them differs a little. + The available <c>option()</c>s are as follows:</p> <taglist> <tag><c>{debug, Level}</c></tag> <item> <p><c>Level = none | error | warning | brief | normal | verbose | all</c></p> - <p>Controls the level of debug printouts. The default is - <c>none</c>.</p> + <p>Controls the level of debug printouts. + Default is <c>none</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c>{host, Host}</c></tag> <item> - <p><c>Host = hostname()</c> see - <seealso marker="kernel:inet">inet(3)</seealso></p> + <p><c>Host = hostname()</c>, see + <seealso marker="kernel:inet">inet(3)</seealso>.</p> <p>The name or IP address of the host where the TFTP daemon resides. This option is only used by the client.</p> </item> <tag><c>{port, Port}</c></tag> <item> <p><c>Port = int()</c></p> - <p>The TFTP port where the daemon listens. It defaults to - the standardized number 69. On the server side it may - sometimes make sense to set it to 0, which means that - the daemon just will pick a free port (which one is - returned by the <c>info/1</c> function).</p> - <p>If a socket has somehow already has been connected, the - {udp, [{fd, integer()}]} option can be used to pass the - open file descriptor to gen_udp. This can be automated - a bit by using a command line argument stating the + <p>The TFTP port where the daemon listens. Defaults is + the standardized number 69. On the server side, it can + sometimes make sense to set it to 0, meaning that + the daemon just picks a free port (which one is + returned by function <c>info/1</c>).</p> + <p>If a socket is connected already, option + <c>{udp, [{fd, integer()}]}</c> can be used to pass the + open file descriptor to <c>gen_udp</c>. This can be automated + by using a command-line argument stating the prebound file descriptor number. For example, if the - Port is 69 and the file descriptor 22 has been opened by - setuid_socket_wrap. Then the command line argument - "-tftpd_69 22" will trigger the prebound file + port is 69 and file descriptor 22 is opened by + <c>setuid_socket_wrap</c>, the command-line argument + "-tftpd_69 22" triggers the prebound file descriptor 22 to be used instead of opening port 69. - The UDP option {udp, [{fd, 22}]} automatically be added. - See init:get_argument/ about command line arguments and - gen_udp:open/2 about UDP options.</p> + The UDP option <c>{udp, [{fd, 22}]}</c> is automatically added. + See <c>init:get_argument/</c> about command-line arguments and + <c>gen_udp:open/2</c> about UDP options.</p> </item> <tag><c>{port_policy, Policy}</c></tag> <item> - <p><c>Policy = random | Port | {range, MinPort, MaxPort}</c> <br></br> -<c>Port = MinPort = MaxPort = int()</c></p> - <p>Policy for the selection of the temporary port which is used - by the server/client during the file transfer. It defaults to - <c>random</c> which is the standardized policy. With this - policy a randomized free port used. A single port or a range - of ports can be useful if the protocol should pass through a + <p><c>Policy = random | Port | {range, MinPort, MaxPort}</c></p> + <p><c>Port = MinPort = MaxPort = int()</c></p> + <p>Policy for the selection of the temporary port that is used + by the server/client during the file transfer. Default is + <c>random</c>, which is the standardized policy. With this + policy a randomized free port is used. A single port or a range + of ports can be useful if the protocol passes through a firewall.</p> </item> <tag><c>{udp, Options}</c></tag> <item> - <p><c>Options = [Opt]</c> see - <seealso marker="kernel:gen_udp#open/1">gen_udp:open/2</seealso></p> + <p><c>Options = [Opt]</c>, see + <seealso marker="kernel:gen_udp#open/1">gen_udp:open/2</seealso>.</p> </item> <tag><c>{use_tsize, Bool}</c></tag> <item> <p><c>Bool = bool()</c></p> - <p>Flag for automated usage of the <c>tsize</c> option. With - this set to true, the <c>write_file/3</c> client will - determine the filesize and send it to the server as + <p>Flag for automated use of option <c>tsize</c>. With + this set to <c>true</c>, the <c>write_file/3</c> client + determines the filesize and sends it to the server as the standardized <c>tsize</c> option. A <c>read_file/3</c> - client will just acquire filesize from the server by sending + client acquires only a filesize from the server by sending a zero <c>tsize</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c>{max_tsize, MaxTsize}</c></tag> <item> <p><c>MaxTsize = int() | infinity</c></p> <p>Threshold for the maximal filesize in bytes. The transfer - will be aborted if the limit is exceeded. It defaults to - <c>infinity</c>.</p> + is aborted if the limit is exceeded. + Default is <c>infinity</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c>{max_conn, MaxConn}</c></tag> <item> <p><c>MaxConn = int() | infinity</c></p> <p>Threshold for the maximal number of active connections. - The daemon will reject the setup of new connections if - the limit is exceeded. It defaults to <c>infinity</c>.</p> + The daemon rejects the setup of new connections if + the limit is exceeded. Default is <c>infinity</c>.</p> </item> <tag><c>{TftpKey, TftpVal}</c></tag> <item> <p><c>TftpKey = string()</c> <br></br> <c>TftpVal = string()</c></p> - <p>The name and value of a TFTP option.</p> + <p>Name and value of a TFTP option.</p> </item> <tag><c>{reject, Feature}</c></tag> <item> <p><c>Feature = Mode | TftpKey</c> <br></br> <c> Mode = read | write</c> <br></br> <c> TftpKey = string()</c></p> - <p>Control which features that should be rejected. This is - mostly useful for the server as it may restrict usage of - certain TFTP options or read/write access.</p> + <p>Controls which features to reject. This is + mostly useful for the server as it can restrict the use + of certain TFTP options or read/write access.</p> </item> <tag><c>{callback, {RegExp, Module, State}}</c></tag> <item> <p><c>RegExp = string()</c> <br></br> <c>Module = atom()</c> <br></br> -<c>State = term()</c></p> +<c>State = term()</c></p> <p>Registration of a callback module. When a file is to be - transferred, its local filename will be matched to the regular + transferred, its local filename is matched to the regular expressions of the registered callbacks. The first matching - callback will be used the during the transfer. See + callback is used during the transfer. See <seealso marker="#read_file/3">read_file/3</seealso> and <seealso marker="#write_file/3">write_file/3</seealso>. </p> - <p>The callback module must implement the <c>tftp</c> behavior, + <p>The callback module must implement the <c>tftp</c> behavior, see <seealso marker="#tftp_callback">CALLBACK FUNCTIONS</seealso>.</p> </item> @@ -203,9 +200,9 @@ <item> <p><c>Module = module()()</c></p> - <p>Callback module for customized logging of error, warning and - info messages. >The callback module must implement the - <c>tftp_logger</c> behavior, + <p>Callback module for customized logging of errors, warnings, and + info messages. The callback module must implement the + <c>tftp_logger</c> behavior, see <seealso marker="#tftp_logger">LOGGER FUNCTIONS</seealso>. The default module is <c>tftp_logger</c>.</p> </item> @@ -215,8 +212,8 @@ <p><c>MaxRetries = int()</c></p> <p>Threshold for the maximal number of retries. By default - the server/client will try to resend a message up to - <c>5</c> times when the timeout expires.</p> + the server/client tries to resend a message up to + five times when the time-out expires.</p> </item> </taglist> @@ -226,16 +223,16 @@ <funcs> <func> <name>start(Options) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Start a daemon process</fsummary> + <fsummary>Starts a daemon process.</fsummary> <type> <v>Options = [option()]</v> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Starts a daemon process which listens for udp packets on a - port. When it receives a request for read or write it spawns - a temporary server process which handles the actual transfer + <p>Starts a daemon process listening for UDP packets on a + port. When it receives a request for read or write, it spawns + a temporary server process handling the actual transfer of the (virtual) file.</p> <marker id="read_file"></marker> @@ -244,7 +241,7 @@ <func> <name>read_file(RemoteFilename, LocalFilename, Options) -> {ok, LastCallbackState} | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Read a (virtual) file from a TFTP server</fsummary> + <fsummary>Reads a (virtual) file from a TFTP server.</fsummary> <type> <v>RemoteFilename = string()</v> <v>LocalFilename = binary | string()</v> @@ -276,7 +273,7 @@ <func> <name>write_file(RemoteFilename, LocalFilename, Options) -> {ok, LastCallbackState} | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Write a (virtual) file to a TFTP server</fsummary> + <fsummary>Writes a (virtual) file to a TFTP server.</fsummary> <type> <v>RemoteFilename = string()</v> <v>LocalFilename = binary() | string()</v> @@ -308,14 +305,14 @@ <func> <name>info(daemons) -> [{Pid, Options}]</name> - <fsummary>Return information about all daemons</fsummary> + <fsummary>Returns information about all daemons.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = [pid()()]</v> <v>Options = [option()]</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Returns info about all TFTP daemon processes. </p> + <p>Returns information about all TFTP daemon processes.</p> <marker id="info_servers"></marker> </desc> @@ -323,14 +320,14 @@ <func> <name>info(servers) -> [{Pid, Options}]</name> - <fsummary>Return information about all servers</fsummary> + <fsummary>Returns information about all servers.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = [pid()()]</v> <v>Options = [option()]</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Returns info about all TFTP server processes. </p> + <p>Returns information about all TFTP server processes. </p> <marker id="info_pid"></marker> </desc> @@ -338,13 +335,13 @@ <func> <name>info(Pid) -> {ok, Options} | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Return information about a daemon, server or client process</fsummary> + <fsummary>Returns information about a daemon, server, or client process.</fsummary> <type> <v>Options = [option()]</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Returns info about a TFTP daemon, server or client process.</p> + <p>Returns information about a TFTP daemon, server, or client process.</p> <marker id="change_config_daemons"></marker> </desc> @@ -352,7 +349,7 @@ <func> <name>change_config(daemons, Options) -> [{Pid, Result}]</name> - <fsummary>Changes config for all daemons + <fsummary>Changes configuration for all daemons. </fsummary> <type> <v>Options = [option()]</v> @@ -361,7 +358,7 @@ <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Changes config for all TFTP daemon processes. </p> + <p>Changes configuration for all TFTP daemon processes. </p> <marker id="change_config_servers"></marker> </desc> @@ -369,7 +366,7 @@ <func> <name>change_config(servers, Options) -> [{Pid, Result}]</name> - <fsummary>Changes config for all servers + <fsummary>Changes configuration for all servers. </fsummary> <type> <v>Options = [option()]</v> @@ -378,7 +375,7 @@ <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Changes config for all TFTP server processes. </p> + <p>Changes configuration for all TFTP server processes.</p> <marker id="change_config_pid"></marker> </desc> @@ -386,7 +383,8 @@ <func> <name>change_config(Pid, Options) -> Result</name> - <fsummary>Changes config for a TFTP daemon, server or client process</fsummary> + <fsummary>Changes configuration for a TFTP daemon, server, + or client process.</fsummary> <type> <v>Pid = pid()</v> <v>Options = [option()]</v> @@ -394,7 +392,7 @@ <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Changes config for a TFTP daemon, server or client process</p> + <p>Changes configuration for a TFTP daemon, server, or client process.</p> <marker id="start2"></marker> </desc> @@ -402,12 +400,12 @@ <func> <name>start() -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> - <fsummary>Start the Inets application</fsummary> + <fsummary>Starts the <c>Inets</c> application.</fsummary> <type> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Starts the Inets application.</p> + <p>Starts the <c>Inets</c> application.</p> </desc> </func> </funcs> @@ -415,40 +413,41 @@ <section> <marker id="tftp_callback"></marker> <title>CALLBACK FUNCTIONS</title> - <p>A <c>tftp</c> callback module should be implemented as a - <c>tftp</c> behavior and export the functions listed below.</p> - <p>On the server side the callback interaction starts with a call to + <p>A <c>tftp</c> callback module is to be implemented as a + <c>tftp</c> behavior and export the functions listed + in the following.</p> + <p>On the server side, the callback interaction starts with a call to <c>open/5</c> with the registered initial callback state. <c>open/5</c> is expected to open the (virtual) file. Then either - the <c>read/1</c> or <c>write/2</c> functions are invoked - repeatedly, once per transferred block. At each function call + function <c>read/1</c> or <c>write/2</c> is invoked + repeatedly, once per transferred block. At each function call, the state returned from the previous call is obtained. When - the last block has been encountered the <c>read/1</c> or - <c>write/2</c> functions is expected to close the (virtual) file - and return its last state. The <c>abort/3</c> function is only - used in error situations. <c>prepare/5</c> is not used on + the last block is encountered, function <c>read/1</c> or + <c>write/2</c> is expected to close the (virtual) file + and return its last state. Function <c>abort/3</c> is only + used in error situations. Function <c>prepare/5</c> is not used on the server side.</p> - <p>On the client side the callback interaction is the same, but it + <p>On the client side, the callback interaction is the same, but it starts and ends a bit differently. It starts with a call to <c>prepare/5</c> with the same arguments as <c>open/5</c> takes. - <c>prepare/5</c> is expected to validate the TFTP options, - suggested by the user and return the subset of them that it - accepts. Then the options is sent to the server which will perform + <c>prepare/5</c> is expected to validate the TFTP options + suggested by the user and to return the subset of them that it + accepts. Then the options are sent to the server, which performs the same TFTP option negotiation procedure. The options that are - accepted by the server are forwarded to the <c>open/5</c> function - on the client side. On the client side the <c>open/5</c> function - must accept all option as is or reject the transfer. Then + accepted by the server are forwarded to function <c>open/5</c> + on the client side. On the client side, function <c>open/5</c> + must accept all option as-is or reject the transfer. Then the callback interaction follows the same pattern as described - above for the server side. When the last block is encountered in - <c>read/1</c> or <c>write/2</c> the returned state is forwarded to + for the server side. When the last block is encountered in + <c>read/1</c> or <c>write/2</c>, the returned state is forwarded to the user and returned from <c>read_file</c>/3 or <c>write_file/3</c>.</p> - <p> If a callback (which performs the file access + <p> If a callback (performing the file access in the TFTP server) takes too long time (more than - the double TFTP timeout), the server will abort the - connection and send an error reply to the client. - This implies that the server will release resources + the double TFTP time-out), the server aborts the + connection and sends an error reply to the client. + This implies that the server releases resources attached to the connection faster than before. The server simply assumes that the client has given up.</p> @@ -456,13 +455,13 @@ <p>If the TFTP server receives yet another request from the same client (same host and port) while it already has an active connection to the client, it - will simply ignore the new request if the request is - equal with the first one (same filename and options). + ignores the new request if the request is + equal to the first one (same filename and options). This implies that the (new) client will be served by the already ongoing connection on the server side. By not setting up yet another connection, in - parallel with the ongoing one, the server will - consumer lesser resources. </p> + parallel with the ongoing one, the server + consumes less resources.</p> <marker id="prepare"></marker> </section> @@ -470,7 +469,7 @@ <funcs> <func> <name>prepare(Peer, Access, Filename, Mode, SuggestedOptions, InitialState) -> {ok, AcceptedOptions, NewState} | {error, {Code, Text}}</name> - <fsummary>Prepare to open a file on the client side</fsummary> + <fsummary>Prepares to open a file on the client side.</fsummary> <type> <v>Peer = {PeerType, PeerHost, PeerPort}</v> <v>PeerType = inet | inet6</v> @@ -490,13 +489,13 @@ </type> <desc> <p>Prepares to open a file on the client side.</p> - <p>No new options may be added, but the ones that are present in - <c>SuggestedOptions</c> may be omitted or replaced with new + <p>No new options can be added, but those present in + <c>SuggestedOptions</c> can be omitted or replaced with new values in <c>AcceptedOptions</c>.</p> - <p>Will be followed by a call to <c>open/4</c> before any + <p>This is followed by a call to <c>open/4</c> before any read/write access is performed. <c>AcceptedOptions</c> is - sent to the server which replies with those options that it - accepts. These will be forwarded to <c>open/4</c> as + sent to the server, which replies with the options that it + accepts. These are then forwarded to <c>open/4</c> as <c>SuggestedOptions</c>.</p> <marker id="open"></marker> @@ -505,7 +504,7 @@ <func> <name>open(Peer, Access, Filename, Mode, SuggestedOptions, State) -> {ok, AcceptedOptions, NewState} | {error, {Code, Text}}</name> - <fsummary>Open a file for read or write access</fsummary> + <fsummary>Opens a file for read or write access.</fsummary> <type> <v>Peer = {PeerType, PeerHost, PeerPort}</v> <v>PeerType = inet | inet6</v> @@ -526,12 +525,12 @@ </type> <desc> <p>Opens a file for read or write access.</p> - <p>On the client side where the <c>open/5</c> call has been + <p>On the client side, where the <c>open/5</c> call has been preceded by a call to <c>prepare/5</c>, all options must be accepted or rejected.</p> <p>On the server side, where there is no preceding - <c>prepare/5</c> call, no new options may be added, but - the ones that are present in <c>SuggestedOptions</c> may be + <c>prepare/5</c> call, no new options can be added, but + those present in <c>SuggestedOptions</c> can be omitted or replaced with new values in <c>AcceptedOptions</c>.</p> <marker id="read"></marker> @@ -540,7 +539,7 @@ <func> <name>read(State) -> {more, Bin, NewState} | {last, Bin, FileSize} | {error, {Code, Text}}</name> - <fsummary>Read a chunk from the file</fsummary> + <fsummary>Reads a chunk from the file.</fsummary> <type> <v>State = NewState = term()</v> <v>Bin = binary()</v> @@ -551,13 +550,13 @@ <v>Text = string()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Read a chunk from the file.</p> + <p>Reads a chunk from the file.</p> <p>The callback function is expected to close the file when the last file chunk is - encountered. When an error is encountered + encountered. When an error is encountered, the callback function is expected to clean up after the aborted file transfer, such as - closing open file descriptors etc. In both + closing open file descriptors, and so on. In both cases there will be no more calls to any of the callback functions.</p> @@ -567,7 +566,7 @@ <func> <name>write(Bin, State) -> {more, NewState} | {last, FileSize} | {error, {Code, Text}}</name> - <fsummary>Write a chunk to the file</fsummary> + <fsummary>Writes a chunk to the file.</fsummary> <type> <v>Bin = binary()</v> <v>State = NewState = term()</v> @@ -578,13 +577,13 @@ <v>Text = string()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Write a chunk to the file.</p> + <p>Writes a chunk to the file.</p> <p>The callback function is expected to close the file when the last file chunk is - encountered. When an error is encountered + encountered. When an error is encountered, the callback function is expected to clean up after the aborted file transfer, such as - closing open file descriptors etc. In both + closing open file descriptors, and so on. In both cases there will be no more calls to any of the callback functions.</p> @@ -594,7 +593,7 @@ <func> <name>abort(Code, Text, State) -> ok</name> - <fsummary>Abort the file transfer</fsummary> + <fsummary>Aborts the file transfer.</fsummary> <type> <v>Code = undef | enoent | eacces | enospc</v> <v> | badop | eexist | baduser | badopt</v> @@ -607,12 +606,12 @@ <p>The callback function is expected to clean up its used resources after the aborted file transfer, such as closing open file - descriptors etc. The function will not be + descriptors and so on. The function is not invoked if any of the other callback functions returns an error, as it is expected that they already have cleaned up - the necessary resources. It will however be - invoked if the functions fails (crashes).</p> + the necessary resources. However, it is + invoked if the functions fail (crash).</p> </desc> </func> </funcs> @@ -621,8 +620,8 @@ <marker id="tftp_logger"></marker> <title>LOGGER FUNCTIONS</title> - <p>A <c>tftp_logger</c> callback module should be implemented as a - <c>tftp_logger</c> behavior and export the functions listed below.</p> + <p>A <c>tftp_logger</c> callback module is to be implemented as a + <c>tftp_logger</c> behavior and export the following functions:</p> <marker id="error_msg"></marker> </section> @@ -630,15 +629,15 @@ <funcs> <func> <name>error_msg(Format, Data) -> ok | exit(Reason)</name> - <fsummary>Log an error message</fsummary> + <fsummary>Logs an error message.</fsummary> <type> <v>Format = string()</v> <v>Data = [term()]</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Log an error message. - See <c>error_logger:error_msg/2 for details.</c> </p> + <p>Logs an error message. + See <c>error_logger:error_msg/2</c> for details.</p> <marker id="warning_msg"></marker> </desc> @@ -646,15 +645,15 @@ <func> <name>warning_msg(Format, Data) -> ok | exit(Reason)</name> - <fsummary>Log an error message</fsummary> + <fsummary>Logs a warning message.</fsummary> <type> <v>Format = string()</v> <v>Data = [term()]</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Log a warning message. - See <c>error_logger:warning_msg/2 for details.</c> </p> + <p>Logs a warning message. + See <c>error_logger:warning_msg/2</c> for details.</p> <marker id="info_msg"></marker> </desc> @@ -662,15 +661,15 @@ <func> <name>info_msg(Format, Data) -> ok | exit(Reason)</name> - <fsummary>Log an error message</fsummary> + <fsummary>Logs an info message.</fsummary> <type> <v>Format = string()</v> <v>Data = [term()]</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Log an info message. - See <c>error_logger:info_msg/2 for details.</c> </p> + <p>Logs an info message. + See <c>error_logger:info_msg/2</c> for details.</p> </desc> </func> </funcs> |