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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml | 10 |
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diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml index 9da4773f2d..bfb4ce45e6 100644 --- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml +++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/heart.xml @@ -89,6 +89,16 @@ <pre> % <input>erl -heart -env HEART_KILL_SIGNAL SIGABRT ...</input></pre> + <p> If heart should <b>not</b> kill the Erlang runtime system, this can be indicated + using the environment variable <c><![CDATA[HEART_NO_KILL]]></c>. + This can be useful if the command executed by heart takes care of this, + for example as part of a specific cleanup sequence. + If unset, the default behaviour will be to kill as described above. + </p> + + <pre> +% <input>erl -heart -env HEART_NO_KILL 1 ...</input></pre> + <p> Furthermore, <c><![CDATA[ERL_CRASH_DUMP_SECONDS]]></c> has the following behaviour on <c>heart</c>: |