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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml index 0b6ee1e6a5..884cb32c0c 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/disk_log.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>1997</year> - <year>2016</year> + <year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ <taglist> <tag>halt logs</tag> <item><p>Appends items to a single file, which size can - be limited by the disk log module.</p></item> + be limited by the <c>disk_log</c> module.</p></item> <tag>wrap logs</tag> <item><p>Uses a sequence of wrap log files of limited size. As a wrap log file is filled up, further items are logged on to the next @@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ An item logged to an internally formatted log must not occupy more than 4 GB of disk space (the size must fit in 4 bytes).</p></item> <tag>external format</tag> - <item><p>Leaves it up to the user to read the logged deep byte lists. - The disk log module cannot repair externally formatted logs.</p></item> + <item><p>Leaves it up to the user to read and interpret the logged data. + The <c>disk_log</c> module cannot repair externally formatted logs.</p></item> </taglist> <p>For each open disk log, one process handles requests @@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ These functions log one or more Erlang terms. By prefixing each of the functions with a <c>b</c> (for "binary"), we get the corresponding <c>blog()</c> functions for the external format. - These functions log one or more deep lists of bytes or, alternatively, - binaries of deep lists of bytes. + These functions log one or more chunks of bytes. For example, to log the string <c>"hello"</c> in ASCII format, you can use <c>disk_log:blog(Log, "hello")</c>, or <c>disk_log:blog(Log, list_to_binary("hello"))</c>. The two @@ -219,9 +218,6 @@ <name name="dlog_head_opt"/> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="dlog_byte"/> - </datatype> - <datatype> <name name="dlog_mode"/> </datatype> <datatype> @@ -234,9 +230,6 @@ </desc> </datatype> <datatype> - <name name="bytes"/> - </datatype> - <datatype> <name name="invalid_header"/> </datatype> <datatype> @@ -953,7 +946,7 @@ written first on the log file. If the log is a wrap log, the item <c><anno>Head</anno></c> is written first in each new file. <c><anno>Head</anno></c> is to be a term if the format is - <c>internal</c>, otherwise a deep list of bytes (or a binary). + <c>internal</c>, otherwise a sequence of bytes. Defaults to <c>none</c>, which means that no header is written first on the file. </p> @@ -965,7 +958,7 @@ The call <c>M:F(A)</c> is assumed to return <c>{ok, Head}</c>. The item <c>Head</c> is written first in each file. <c>Head</c> is to be a term if the format is - <c>internal</c>, otherwise a deep list of bytes (or a binary). + <c>internal</c>, otherwise a sequence of bytes. </p> </item> <tag><c>{mode, <anno>Mode</anno>}</c></tag> @@ -975,6 +968,12 @@ <c>read_write</c>. </p> </item> + <tag><c>{quiet, Boolean}</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Specifies if messages will be sent to + <c>error_logger</c> on recoverable errors with + the log files. Defaults to <c>false</c>.</p> + </item> </taglist> <p><c>open/1</c> returns <c>{ok, <anno>Log</anno>}</c> if the log file is successfully opened. If the file is |