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@@ -4,23 +4,21 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year>
- <year>2007</year>
- <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2009</year>
+ <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
- The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
- Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
- compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
- Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
- retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
-
- Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
- basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
- the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
- under the License.
-
- The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Ericsson AB.
+ The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
+ Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+ compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
+ Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
+ retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
+
+ Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+ basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+ the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+ under the License.
+
</legalnotice>
<title>sys</title>
@@ -237,6 +235,17 @@
</type>
<desc>
<p>Gets the status of the process.</p>
+ <p>The value of <c>Misc</c> varies for different types of
+ processes. For example, a <c>gen_server</c> process returns
+ the callback module's state, and a <c>gen_fsm</c> process
+ returns information such as its current state name. Callback
+ modules for <c>gen_server</c> and <c>gen_fsm</c> can also
+ customise the value of <c>Misc</c> by exporting
+ a <c>format_status/2</c> function that contributes
+ module-specific information;
+ see <seealso marker="gen_server#format_status/2">gen_server:format_status/2</seealso>
+ and <seealso marker="gen_fsm#format_status/2">gen_fsm:format_status/2</seealso>
+ for more details.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>