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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/application.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/application.xml
index 362c373c6c..3909b11e59 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/application.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/application.xml
@@ -253,15 +253,30 @@ Nodes = [cp1@cave, {cp2@cave, cp3@cave}]</code>
</warning>
</desc>
</func>
- <func>
+ <func>
<name name="ensure_started" arity="1"/>
<name name="ensure_started" arity="2"/>
<fsummary>Load and start an application</fsummary>
- <desc>
- <p>Equivalent to <seealso marker="#start/2"><c>application:start/1,2</c></seealso> except
- it returns <c>ok</c> for already started applications.</p>
- </desc>
- </func>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Equivalent to <seealso marker="#start/2"><c>application:start/1,2</c></seealso> except
+ it returns <c>ok</c> for already started applications.</p>
+ </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></seealso> 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"/>