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+++ b/lib/tools/doc/src/cover.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
<header>
<copyright>
<year>2001</year>
- <year>2007</year>
+ <year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@
defaults to <c>function</c>.</p>
<p>If <c>Module</c> is not Cover compiled, the function returns
<c>{error,{not_cover_compiled,Module}}</c>.</p>
+ <p>HINT: It is possible to issue multiple analyse_to_file commands at
+ the same time. </p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
@@ -307,6 +309,33 @@
<c>.beam</c> file, or in <c>../src</c> relative to that
directory. If no source code is found,
<c>,{error,no_source_code_found}</c> is returned.</p>
+ <p>HINT: It is possible to issue multiple analyse_to_file commands at
+ the same time. </p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name>async_analyse_to_file(Module) -> </name>
+ <name>async_analyse_to_file(Module,Options) -> </name>
+ <name>async_analyse_to_file(Module, OutFile) -> </name>
+ <name>async_analyse_to_file(Module, OutFile, Options) -> pid()</name>
+ <fsummary>Asynchronous call to analyse_to_file.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Module = atom()</v>
+ <v>OutFile = string()</v>
+ <v>Options = [Option]</v>
+ <v>Option = html</v>
+ <v>Error = {not_cover_compiled,Module} | {file,File,Reason} | no_source_code_found | not_main_node</v>
+ <v>&nbsp;File = string()</v>
+ <v>&nbsp;Reason = term()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>This function works exactly the same way as
+ <seealso marker="#analyse_to_file-1">analyse_to_file</seealso> except
+ that it is asynchronous instead of synchronous. The spawned process
+ will link with the caller when created. If an <c>Error</c> occurs
+ while doing the cover analysis the process will crash with the same
+ error reason as <seealso marker="#analyse_to_file-1">analyse_to_file</seealso>
+ would return.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>