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@@ -27,12 +27,11 @@
<docno></docno>
<date></date>
<rev></rev>
- </header>
- <app>sasl</app>
- <appsummary>The SASL Application</appsummary>
- <description>
- <p>This section describes the SASL (System Architecture Support Libraries)
- application which provides the following services:</p>
+ </header>
+ <app>sasl</app>
+ <appsummary>The SASL application</appsummary>
+ <description>
+ <p>The <c>SASL</c> application provides the following services:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item><c>alarm_handler</c></item>
<item><c>overload</c></item>
@@ -40,138 +39,147 @@
<item><c>release_handler</c></item>
<item><c>systools</c></item>
</list>
- <p>The SASL application also includes <c>error_logger</c> event
- handlers for formatting SASL error and crash reports.</p>
-
+ <p>The <c>SASL</c> application also includes <c>error_logger</c> event
+ handlers for formatting <c>SASL</c> error and crash reports.</p>
<note>
- <p>The SASL application in OTP has nothing to do with
+ <p>The <c>SASL</c> application in OTP has nothing to do with
"Simple Authentication and Security Layer" (RFC 4422).</p>
</note>
-
</description>
<section>
<title>Error Logger Event Handlers</title>
<p>The following error logger event handlers are used by
- the SASL application.</p>
+ the <c>SASL</c> application.</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>sasl_report_tty_h</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Formats and writes <em>supervisor reports</em>, <em>crash reports</em> and <em>progress reports</em> to <c>stdio</c>.
- This error logger event handler will use
+ <p>Formats and writes <em>supervisor reports</em>, <em>crash
+ reports</em>, and <em>progress reports</em> to <c>stdio</c>.
+ This error logger event handler uses
<seealso marker="kernel:kernel_app#error_logger_format_depth">error_logger_format_depth</seealso>
- in the Kernel application to limit how much detail are printed to
- for crash and supervisor reports.</p>
+ in the <c>Kernel</c> application to limit how much detail is
+ printed in crash and supervisor reports.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>sasl_report_file_h</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Formats and writes <em>supervisor reports</em>, <em>crash report</em> and <em>progress report</em> to a single file.
- This error logger event handler will use
+ <p>Formats and writes <em>supervisor reports</em>, <em>crash
+ report</em>, and <em>progress report</em> to a single file.
+ This error logger event handler uses
<seealso marker="kernel:kernel_app#error_logger_format_depth">error_logger_format_depth</seealso>
- in the Kernel application to limit how much detail are printed to
- for crash and supervisor reports.</p>
+ in the <c>Kernel</c> application to limit the details
+ printed in crash and supervisor reports.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>log_mf_h</c></tag>
<item>
- <p>This error logger writes <em>all</em> events sent to
- the error logger to disk.</p>
- <p>To activate this event handler, the following three sasl
- configuration parameters must be set:
- <c>error_logger_mf_dir</c>, <c>error_logger_mf_maxbytes</c>
- and <c>error_logger_mf_maxfiles</c>. See below for more
- information about the configuration parameters.</p>
+ <p>This error logger writes <em>all</em> events sent to the
+ error logger to disk. Multiple files and log rotation are
+ used. For efficiency reasons, each event is written as a
+ binary. For more information about this handler,
+ see <seealso marker="stdlib:log_mf_h">the <c>STDLIB</c> Reference
+ Manual</seealso>.</p>
+ <p>To activate this event handler, three <c>SASL</c>
+ configuration parameters must be set,
+ <c>error_logger_mf_dir</c>, <c>error_logger_mf_maxbytes</c>,
+ and <c>error_logger_mf_maxfiles</c>. The next section provides
+ more information about the configuration parameters.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
</section>
<section>
<title>Configuration</title>
- <p>The following configuration parameters are defined for the SASL
- application. See <c>app(4)</c> for more information about
- configuration parameters:</p>
+ <p>The following configuration parameters are defined for the <c>SASL</c>
+ application. For more information about configuration parameters, see
+ <seealso marker="kernel:app"><c>app(4)</c></seealso> in <c>Kernel</c>.</p>
+ <p>All configuration parameters are optional.</p>
<taglist>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[sasl_error_logger = Value <optional>]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[sasl_error_logger = Value ]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p><c>Value</c> is one of:</p>
+ <p><c>Value</c> is one of the following:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>tty</c></tag>
- <item>Installs <c>sasl_report_tty_h</c> in the error logger.
- This is the default option.</item>
+ <item><p>Installs <c>sasl_report_tty_h</c> in the error logger.
+ This is the default option.</p></item>
<tag><c>{file,FileName}</c></tag>
- <item>Installs <c>sasl_report_file_h</c> in the error logger.
- This makes all reports go to the file <c>FileName</c>.
- <c>FileName</c> is a string.</item>
+ <item><p>Installs <c>sasl_report_file_h</c> in the error logger.
+ All reports go to file <c>FileName</c>, which is a
+ string.</p></item>
<tag><c>{file,FileName,Modes}</c></tag>
- <item>Same as <c>{file,FileName}</c> except that the <c>Modes</c>
- allows to specify the modes used for opening the <c>FileName</c>
- given to the <seealso marker="kernel:file#open/2">file:open/2</seealso>
- call. When not specified, the <c>Modes</c> defaults to <c>[write]</c>.
- Use <c>[append]</c> for having the <c>FileName</c> open in append mode.
- <c>FileName</c> is a string.</item>
+ <item><p>Same as <c>{file,FileName}</c>, except that <c>Modes</c>
+ allows you to specify the modes used for opening the <c>FileName</c>
+ given to the <seealso marker="kernel:file#open/2">file:open/2</seealso>
+ call. When not specified, <c>Modes</c> defaults to <c>[write]</c>.
+ Use <c>[append]</c> to have the <c>FileName</c> open in append mode.
+ <c>FileName</c> is a string.</p></item>
<tag><c>false</c></tag>
- <item>
- <p>No SASL error logger handler is installed.</p>
- </item>
+ <item><p>No <c>SASL</c> error logger handler is installed.</p></item>
</taglist>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[errlog_type = error | progress | all <optional>]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[errlog_type = error | progress | all ]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Restricts the error logging performed by the specified
- <c>sasl_error_logger</c> to error reports, progress reports,
+ <c>sasl_error_logger</c> to error reports or progress reports,
or both. Default is <c>all</c>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[error_logger_mf_dir = string() | false<optional>]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[error_logger_mf_dir = string() | false ]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Specifies in which directory the files are stored. If this
- parameter is undefined or <c>false</c>,
+ <p>Specifies in which directory <c>log_mf_h</c> is to store
+ its files. If this parameter is undefined or <c>false</c>,
the <c>log_mf_h</c> handler is not installed.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[error_logger_mf_maxbytes = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[error_logger_mf_maxbytes = integer() ]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Specifies how large each individual file can be. If this
- parameter is undefined, the <c>log_mf_h</c> handler is not
- installed.</p>
+ <p>Specifies the maximum size of each individual file written
+ by <c>log_mf_h</c>. If this parameter is undefined,
+ the <c>log_mf_h</c> handler is not installed.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[error_logger_mf_maxfiles = 0<integer()<256 <optional>]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[error_logger_mf_maxfiles = 0<integer()<256 ]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Specifies how many files are used. If this parameter is
- undefined, the <c>log_mf_h</c> handler is not installed.</p>
+ <p>Specifies the number of files used by <c>log_mf_h</c>. If
+ this parameter is undefined, the <c>log_mf_h</c> handler is
+ not installed.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[overload_max_intensity = float() > 0 <optional>]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[overload_max_intensity = float() > 0 ]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Specifies the maximum intensity for <c>overload</c>. Default
+ <p>Specifies the maximum intensity
+ for <seealso marker="overload"><c>overload</c></seealso>. Default
is <c>0.8</c>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[overload_weight = float() > 0 <optional>]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[overload_weight = float() > 0 ]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Specifies the <c>overload</c> weight. Default is <c>0.1</c>.</p>
+ <p>Specifies the <seealso marker="overload"><c>overload</c></seealso>
+ weight. Default is <c>0.1</c>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[start_prg = string() <optional>]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[start_prg = string() ]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Specifies which program should be used when restarting
- the system. Default is <c>$OTP_ROOT/bin/start</c>.</p>
+ <p>Specifies the program to be used when restarting the system
+ during release installation. Default is
+ <c>$OTP_ROOT/bin/start</c>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[masters = [atom()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[masters = [atom()] ]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Specifies which nodes this node uses to read/write release
- information. This parameter is ignored if
- the <c>client_directory</c> parameter is not set.</p>
+ <p>Specifies the nodes used by this node to read/write release
+ information. This parameter is ignored if parameter
+ <c>client_directory</c> is not set.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[client_directory = string() <optional>]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[client_directory = string() ]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>This parameter specifies the client directory at the master
- nodes. Refer to Release Handling in <em>OTP Design Principles</em> for more information. This parameter is
- ignored if the <c>masters</c> parameter is not set.</p>
+ nodes. For details, see
+ <seealso marker="doc/design_principles:release_handling">Release Handling</seealso>
+ in <em>OTP Design Principles</em>. This parameter is
+ ignored if parameter <c>masters</c> is not set.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[static_emulator = true | false <optional>]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[static_emulator = true | false ]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Indicates if the Erlang emulator is statically installed. A
node with a static emulator cannot switch dynamically to a
- new emulator as the executable files are written into memory
- statically. This parameter is ignored if the <c>masters</c>
- and <c>client_directory</c> parameters are not set.</p>
+ new emulator, as the executable files are written into memory
+ statically. This parameter is ignored if parameters <c>masters</c>
+ and <c>client_directory</c> are not set.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[releases_dir = string() <optional>]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[releases_dir = string() ]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Indicates where the <c>releases</c> directory is located.
The release handler writes all its files to this directory.
@@ -179,7 +187,7 @@
<c>RELDIR</c> is used. By default, this is
<c>$OTP_ROOT/releases</c>.</p>
</item>
- <tag><c><![CDATA[utc_log = true | false <optional>]]></c></tag>
+ <tag><c><![CDATA[utc_log = true | false ]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If set to <c>true</c>, all dates in textual log outputs are
displayed in Universal Coordinated Time with the string
@@ -190,13 +198,13 @@
<section>
<title>See Also</title>
- <p><seealso marker="alarm_handler">alarm_handler(3)</seealso>,
- error_logger(3),
- log_mf_h(3),
- <seealso marker="overload">overload(3)</seealso>,
- <seealso marker="rb">rb(3)</seealso>,
- <seealso marker="release_handler">release_handler(3)</seealso>,
- <seealso marker="systools">systools(3)</seealso></p>
+ <p><seealso marker="alarm_handler"><c>alarm_handler(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="kernel:error_logger"><c>error_logger(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="stdlib:log_mf_h"><c>log_mf_h(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="overload"><c>overload(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="rb"><c>rb(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="release_handler"><c>release_handler(3)</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="systools"><c>systools(3)</c></seealso></p>
</section>
</appref>