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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml index fdb2d29f63..714af93f4d 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/config.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <fileref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1997</year><year>2017</year> + <year>1997</year><year>2018</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ data in the system configuration file <c>Name.config</c>.</p> <p>Configuration parameter values in the configuration file override the values in the application resource files (see - <seealso marker="app"><c>app(4)</c></seealso>. + <seealso marker="app"><c>app(4)</c></seealso>). The values in the configuration file can be overridden by command-line flags (see - <seealso marker="erts:erl"><c>erts:erl(1)</c></seealso>.</p> + <seealso marker="erts:erl"><c>erts:erl(1)</c></seealso>).</p> <p>The value of a configuration parameter is retrieved by calling <c>application:get_env/1,2</c>.</p> </description> @@ -86,8 +86,13 @@ <tag><c>File = string()</c></tag> <item>Name of another <c>.config</c> file. Extension <c>.config</c> can be omitted. It is - recommended to use absolute paths. A relative path is - relative the current working directory of the emulator.</item> + recommended to use absolute paths. If a relative path is used, + <c>File</c> is searched, first, relative from <c>sys.config</c> directory, then relative + to the current working directory of the emulator, for backward compatibility. + This allow to use a <c>sys.config</c> pointing out other <c>.config</c> files in a release + or in a node started manually using <c>-config ...</c> with same result whatever + the current working directory. + </item> </taglist> <p>When traversing the contents of <c>sys.config</c> and a filename is encountered, its contents are read and merged with the result |