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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml')
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 41 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml index 168d83f301..15b6711731 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/slave.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2009</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -56,22 +56,16 @@ </description> <funcs> <func> - <name>start(Host) -></name> - <name>start(Host, Name) -></name> - <name>start(Host, Name, Args) -> {ok, Node} | {error, Reason}</name> + <name name="start" arity="1"/> + <name name="start" arity="2"/> + <name name="start" arity="3"/> <fsummary>Start a slave node on a host</fsummary> - <type> - <v>Host = Name = atom()</v> - <v>Args = string()</v> - <v>Node = node()</v> - <v>Reason = timeout | no_rsh | {already_running, Node}</v> - </type> <desc> - <p>Starts a slave node on the host <c>Host</c>. Host names need + <p>Starts a slave node on the host <c><anno>Host</anno></c>. Host names need not necessarily be specified as fully qualified names; short names can also be used. This is the same condition that applies to names of distributed Erlang nodes.</p> - <p>The name of the started node will be <c>Name@Host</c>. If no + <p>The name of the started node will be <c><anno>Name</anno>@<anno>Host</anno></c>. If no name is provided, the name will be the same as the node which executes the call (with the exception of the host name part of the node name).</p> @@ -79,7 +73,7 @@ terminal I/O which is produced at the slave is automatically relayed to the master. Also, the file process will be relayed to the master.</p> - <p>The <c>Args</c> argument is used to set <c>erl</c> command + <p>The <c><anno>Args</anno></c> argument is used to set <c>erl</c> command line arguments. If provided, it is passed to the new node and can be used for a variety of purposes. See <seealso marker="erts:erl#erl">erl(1)</seealso></p> @@ -103,9 +97,9 @@ E = " -env DISPLAY " ++ net_adm:localhost() ++ ":0 ", Arg = "-mnesia_dir " ++ M ++ " -pa " ++ Dir ++ E, slave:start(H, Name, Arg).</code> - <p>If successful, the function returns <c>{ok, Node}</c>, - where <c>Node</c> is the name of the new node. Otherwise it - returns <c>{error, Reason}</c>, where <c>Reason</c> can be + <p>If successful, the function returns <c>{ok, <anno>Node</anno>}</c>, + where <c><anno>Node</anno></c> is the name of the new node. Otherwise it + returns <c>{error, <anno>Reason</anno>}</c>, where <c><anno>Reason</anno></c> can be one of:</p> <taglist> <tag><c>timeout</c></tag> @@ -123,24 +117,18 @@ slave:start(H, Name, Arg).</code> <item> <p>There is no <c>rsh</c> program on the computer.</p> </item> - <tag><c>{already_running, Node}</c></tag> + <tag><c>{already_running, <anno>Node</anno>}</c></tag> <item> - <p>A node with the name <c>Name@Host</c> already exists.</p> + <p>A node with the name <c><anno>Name</anno>@<anno>Host</anno></c> already exists.</p> </item> </taglist> </desc> </func> <func> - <name>start_link(Host) -></name> - <name>start_link(Host, Name) -></name> - <name>start_link(Host, Name, Args) -> {ok, Node} | {error, Reason}</name> + <name name="start_link" arity="1"/> + <name name="start_link" arity="2"/> + <name name="start_link" arity="3"/> <fsummary>Start and link to a slave node on a host</fsummary> - <type> - <v>Host = Name = atom()</v> - <v>Args = string()</v> - <v>Node = node()</v> - <v>Reason = timeout | no_rsh | {already_running, Node}</v> - </type> <desc> <p>Starts a slave node in the same way as <c>start/1,2,3</c>, except that the slave node is linked to the currently @@ -151,11 +139,8 @@ slave:start(H, Name, Arg).</code> </desc> </func> <func> - <name>stop(Node) -> ok</name> + <name name="stop" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Stop (kill) a node</fsummary> - <type> - <v>Node = node()</v> - </type> <desc> <p>Stops (kills) a node.</p> </desc> @@ -177,12 +162,8 @@ slave:start(H, Name, Arg).</code> </desc> </func> <func> - <name>pseudo(Master, ServerList) -> ok</name> + <name name="pseudo" arity="2"/> <fsummary>Start a number of pseudo servers</fsummary> - <type> - <v>Master = node()</v> - <v>ServerList = [atom()]</v> - </type> <desc> <p>Starts a number of pseudo servers. A pseudo server is a server with a registered name which does absolutely nothing @@ -198,16 +179,13 @@ rpc:call(N, slave, pseudo, [node(), [pxw_server]]).</code> </desc> </func> <func> - <name>relay(Pid)</name> + <name name="relay" arity="1"/> <fsummary>Run a pseudo server</fsummary> - <type> - <v>Pid = pid()</v> - </type> <desc> <p>Runs a pseudo server. This function never returns any value and the process which executes the function will receive messages. All messages received will simply be passed on to - <c>Pid</c>.</p> + <c><anno>Pid</anno></c>.</p> </desc> </func> </funcs> |