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<rev></rev>
</header>
<module>erl_boot_server</module>
- <modulesummary>Boot Server for Other Erlang Machines</modulesummary>
+ <modulesummary>Boot server for other Erlang machines.</modulesummary>
<description>
- <p>This server is used to assist diskless Erlang nodes which fetch
+ <p>This server is used to assist diskless Erlang nodes that fetch
all Erlang code from another machine.</p>
<p>This server is used to fetch all code, including the start
script, if an Erlang runtime system is started with
- the <c>-loader inet</c> command line flag. All hosts specified
- with the <c>-hosts Host</c> command line flag must have one
+ command-line flag <c>-loader inet</c>. All hosts specified
+ with command-line flag <c>-hosts Host</c> must have one
instance of this server running.</p>
- <p>This server can be started with the <c>kernel</c> configuration
+ <p>This server can be started with the <c>Kernel</c> configuration
parameter <c>start_boot_server</c>.</p>
- <p>The <c>erl_boot_server</c> can both read regular files as well as
- files in archives. See <seealso marker="code">code(3)</seealso>
- and <seealso marker="erts:erl_prim_loader">erl_prim_loader(3)</seealso>.</p>
- <warning><p>The support for loading of code from archive files is
- experimental. The sole purpose of releasing it before it is ready
- is to obtain early feedback. The file format, semantics,
- interfaces etc. may be changed in a future release.</p></warning>
+ <p>The <c>erl_boot_server</c> can read regular files and
+ files in archives. See <seealso marker="code"><c>code(3)</c></seealso>
+ and
+ <seealso marker="erts:erl_prim_loader"><c>erl_prim_loader(3)</c></seealso>
+ in <c>ERTS</c>.</p>
+ <warning><p>The support for loading code from archive files is
+ experimental. It is released before it is ready
+ to obtain early feedback. The file format, semantics,
+ interfaces, and so on, can be changed in a future release.</p></warning>
</description>
<funcs>
<func>
- <name name="start" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Start the boot server</fsummary>
+ <name name="add_slave" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Add a slave to the list of allowed slaves.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Starts the boot server. <c><anno>Slaves</anno></c> is a list of IP
- addresses for hosts which are allowed to use this server as a
- boot server.</p>
+ <p>Adds a <c><anno>Slave</anno></c> node to the list of allowed slave hosts.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="start_link" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Start the boot server and links the caller</fsummary>
+ <name name="delete_slave" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Delete a slave from the list of allowed slaves.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Starts the boot server and links to the caller. This function
- is used to start the server if it is included in a supervision
- tree.</p>
+ <p>Deletes a <c><anno>Slave</anno></c> node from the list of allowed slave
+ hosts.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="add_slave" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Add a slave to the list of allowed slaves</fsummary>
+ <name name="start" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Start the boot server.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Adds a <c><anno>Slave</anno></c> node to the list of allowed slave hosts.</p>
+ <p>Starts the boot server. <c><anno>Slaves</anno></c> is a list of
+ IP addresses for hosts, which are allowed to use this server as a
+ boot server.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
- <name name="delete_slave" arity="1"/>
- <fsummary>Delete a slave from the list of allowed slaves</fsummary>
+ <name name="start_link" arity="1"/>
+ <fsummary>Start the boot server and link to the the caller.</fsummary>
<desc>
- <p>Deletes a <c><anno>Slave</anno></c> node from the list of allowed slave
- hosts.</p>
+ <p>Starts the boot server and links to the caller. This function
+ is used to start the server if it is included in a supervision
+ tree.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name name="which_slaves" arity="0"/>
- <fsummary>Return the current list of allowed slave hosts</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Return the current list of allowed slave hosts.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>Returns the current list of allowed slave hosts.</p>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>
-
<section>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
- <p><seealso marker="erts:init">init(3)</seealso>,
- <seealso marker="erts:erl_prim_loader">erl_prim_loader(3)</seealso></p>
+ <p><seealso marker="erts:init"><c>erts:init(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="erts:erl_prim_loader"><c>erts:erl_prim_loader(3)</c></seealso></p>
</section>
</erlref>