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@@ -263,6 +263,21 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
+ <name name="ensure_all_started" arity="1"/>
+ <name name="ensure_all_started" arity="2"/>
+ <fsummary>Load and start an application and its dependencies, recursively</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Equivalent to calling <seealso marker="#start/2"><c>application:start/1,2</c></seealso>
+ repeatedly on all dependencies that have not yet been started for an application.
+ The function returns <c>{ok, AppNames}</c> for a successful start or for an already started
+ application (which are however omitted from the <c>AppNames</c> list), and reports
+ <c>{error, {AppName,Reason}}</c> for errors, where <c>Reason</c> is any possible reason
+ returned by <seealso marker="#start/2"><c>application:start/1,2</c> when starting a
+ specific dependency. In case of an error, the applications that were started by the
+ function are stopped to bring the set of running applications back to its initial state.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
<name name="start" arity="1"/>
<name name="start" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Load and start an application</fsummary>