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diff --git a/system/doc/system_principles/create_target.xmlsrc b/system/doc/system_principles/create_target.xmlsrc index 1564423e00..bc2a76db47 100644 --- a/system/doc/system_principles/create_target.xmlsrc +++ b/system/doc/system_principles/create_target.xmlsrc @@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ may be irrelevant for the purpose in question. Thus, there is a need to be able to create a new system based on a given Erlang/OTP system, where dispensable applications are removed, - and a set of new applications that are included in the new - system. Documentation and source code is irrelevant and is - therefore not included in the new system.</p> + and a set of new applications are included. Documentation and + source code is irrelevant and is therefore not included in the + new system.</p> <p>This chapter is about creating such a system, which we call a <em>target system</em>.</p> <p>In the following sections we consider creating target systems with @@ -63,10 +63,11 @@ </list> <p>We only consider the case when Erlang/OTP is running on a UNIX system.</p> - <p>There is an example Erlang module <c>target_system.erl</c> that - contains functions for creating and installing a target system. - That module is used in the examples below. The source code of - the module is listed at the end of this chapter.</p> + <p>In the <c>sasl</c> application there is an example Erlang + module <c>target_system.erl</c> that contains functions for + creating and installing a target system. This module is used in + the examples below, and the source code of the module is listed + at the end of this chapter.</p> </section> <section> @@ -117,28 +118,41 @@ os> <input>erl -pa /home/user/target_system/myapps/pea-1.0/ebin</input></pre> <code type="none"> erts-5.1/bin/ releases/FIRST/start.boot +releases/FIRST/mysystem.rel releases/mysystem.rel lib/kernel-2.7/ lib/stdlib-1.10/ lib/sasl-1.9.3/ lib/pea-1.0/ </code> <p>The file <c>releases/FIRST/start.boot</c> is a copy of our - <c>mysystem.boot</c>, and a copy of the original - <c>mysystem.rel</c> has been put in the <c>releases</c> - directory.</p> + <c>mysystem.boot</c></p> + <p>The release resource file <c>mysystem.rel</c> is duplicated + in the tar file. Originally, this file was only stored in + the <c>releases</c> directory in order to make it possible + for the <c>release_handler</c> to extract this file + separately. After unpacking the tar + file, <c>release_handler</c> would automatically copy the + file to <c>releases/FIRST</c>. However, sometimes the tar + file is unpacked without involving + the <c>release_handler</c> (e.g. when unpacking the first + target system) and therefore the file is now instead + duplicated in the tar file so no manual copying is + necessary.</p> </item> <item>Creates the temporary directory <c>tmp</c> and extracts the tar file <c>mysystem.tar.gz</c> into that directory. </item> <item>Deletes the <c>erl</c> and <c>start</c> files from - <c>tmp/erts-5.1/bin</c>. XXX Why.</item> + <c>tmp/erts-5.1/bin</c>. These files will be created again from + source when installing the release.</item> <item>Creates the directory <c>tmp/bin</c>.</item> - <item>Copies the previously creates file <c>plain.boot</c> to + <item>Copies the previously created file <c>plain.boot</c> to <c>tmp/bin/start.boot</c>.</item> <item>Copies the files <c>epmd</c>, <c>run_erl</c>, and <c>to_erl</c> from the directory <c>tmp/erts-5.1/bin</c> to the directory <c>tmp/bin</c>.</item> - <item>Creates the file <c>tmp/releases/start_erl.data</c> with the - contents "5.1 FIRST". + <item>Creates the file <c>tmp/releases/start_erl.data</c> with + the contents "5.1 FIRST". This file is to be passed as data + file to the <c>start_erl</c> script. </item> <item>Recreates the file <c>mysystem.tar.gz</c> from the directories in the directory <c>tmp</c>, and removes <c>tmp</c>.</item> @@ -210,7 +224,7 @@ os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/erl -boot /usr/local/erl-target/releases/FI file of the release version found (<c>"releases/FIRST/start.boot"</c>).</p> <p><c>start_erl</c> also assumes that there is <c>sys.config</c> in - release version directory (<c>"releases/FIRST/sys.config</c>). That + release version directory (<c>"releases/FIRST/sys.config"</c>). That is the topic of the next section (see below).</p> <p>The <c>start_erl</c> shell script should normally not be altered by the user.</p> @@ -222,7 +236,7 @@ os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/erl -boot /usr/local/erl-target/releases/FI <c>sys.config</c> in the release version directory (<c>"releases/FIRST/sys.config"</c>). If there is no such a file, the system start will fail. Hence such a file has to - added as well.</p> + be added as well.</p> <p></p> <p>If you have system configuration data that are neither file location dependent nor site dependent, it may be convenient to @@ -245,252 +259,9 @@ os> <input>/usr/local/erl-target/bin/erl -boot /usr/local/erl-target/releases/FI <section> <title>Listing of target_system.erl</title> - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ --module(target_system). --include_lib("kernel/include/file.hrl"). --export([create/1, install/2]). --define(BUFSIZE, 8192). + <p>This module can also be found in the <c>examples</c> directory + of the <c>sasl</c> application.</p> + <codeinclude file="../../../lib/sasl/examples/src/target_system.erl" tag="%module" type="erl"></codeinclude> -%% Note: RelFileName below is the *stem* without trailing .rel, -%% .script etc. -%% - -%% create(RelFileName) -%% -create(RelFileName) -> - RelFile = RelFileName ++ ".rel", - io:fwrite("Reading file: \"~s\" ...~n", [RelFile]), - {ok, [RelSpec]} = file:consult(RelFile), - io:fwrite("Creating file: \"~s\" from \"~s\" ...~n", - ["plain.rel", RelFile]), - {release, - {RelName, RelVsn}, - {erts, ErtsVsn}, - AppVsns} = RelSpec, - PlainRelSpec = {release, - {RelName, RelVsn}, - {erts, ErtsVsn}, - lists:filter(fun({kernel, _}) -> - true; - ({stdlib, _}) -> - true; - (_) -> - false - end, AppVsns) - }, - {ok, Fd} = file:open("plain.rel", [write]), - io:fwrite(Fd, "~p.~n", [PlainRelSpec]), - file:close(Fd), - - io:fwrite("Making \"plain.script\" and \"plain.boot\" files ...~n"), - make_script("plain"), - - io:fwrite("Making \"~s.script\" and \"~s.boot\" files ...~n", - [RelFileName, RelFileName]), - make_script(RelFileName), - - TarFileName = io_lib:fwrite("~s.tar.gz", [RelFileName]), - io:fwrite("Creating tar file \"~s\" ...~n", [TarFileName]), - make_tar(RelFileName), - - io:fwrite("Creating directory \"tmp\" ...~n"), - file:make_dir("tmp"), - - io:fwrite("Extracting \"~s\" into directory \"tmp\" ...~n", [TarFileName]), - extract_tar(TarFileName, "tmp"), - - TmpBinDir = filename:join(["tmp", "bin"]), - ErtsBinDir = filename:join(["tmp", "erts-" ++ ErtsVsn, "bin"]), - io:fwrite("Deleting \"erl\" and \"start\" in directory \"~s\" ...~n", - [ErtsBinDir]), - file:delete(filename:join([ErtsBinDir, "erl"])), - file:delete(filename:join([ErtsBinDir, "start"])), - - io:fwrite("Creating temporary directory \"~s\" ...~n", [TmpBinDir]), - file:make_dir(TmpBinDir), - - io:fwrite("Copying file \"plain.boot\" to \"~s\" ...~n", - [filename:join([TmpBinDir, "start.boot"])]), - copy_file("plain.boot", filename:join([TmpBinDir, "start.boot"])), - - io:fwrite("Copying files \"epmd\", \"run_erl\" and \"to_erl\" from \n" - "\"~s\" to \"~s\" ...~n", - [ErtsBinDir, TmpBinDir]), - copy_file(filename:join([ErtsBinDir, "epmd"]), - filename:join([TmpBinDir, "epmd"]), [preserve]), - copy_file(filename:join([ErtsBinDir, "run_erl"]), - filename:join([TmpBinDir, "run_erl"]), [preserve]), - copy_file(filename:join([ErtsBinDir, "to_erl"]), - filename:join([TmpBinDir, "to_erl"]), [preserve]), - - StartErlDataFile = filename:join(["tmp", "releases", "start_erl.data"]), - io:fwrite("Creating \"~s\" ...~n", [StartErlDataFile]), - StartErlData = io_lib:fwrite("~s ~s~n", [ErtsVsn, RelVsn]), - write_file(StartErlDataFile, StartErlData), - - io:fwrite("Recreating tar file \"~s\" from contents in directory " - "\"tmp\" ...~n", [TarFileName]), - {ok, Tar} = erl_tar:open(TarFileName, [write, compressed]), - {ok, Cwd} = file:get_cwd(), - file:set_cwd("tmp"), - erl_tar:add(Tar, "bin", []), - erl_tar:add(Tar, "erts-" ++ ErtsVsn, []), - erl_tar:add(Tar, "releases", []), - erl_tar:add(Tar, "lib", []), - erl_tar:close(Tar), - file:set_cwd(Cwd), - io:fwrite("Removing directory \"tmp\" ...~n"), - remove_dir_tree("tmp"), - ok. - - -install(RelFileName, RootDir) -> - TarFile = RelFileName ++ ".tar.gz", - io:fwrite("Extracting ~s ...~n", [TarFile]), - extract_tar(TarFile, RootDir), - StartErlDataFile = filename:join([RootDir, "releases", "start_erl.data"]), - {ok, StartErlData} = read_txt_file(StartErlDataFile), - [ErlVsn, RelVsn| _] = string:tokens(StartErlData, " \n"), - ErtsBinDir = filename:join([RootDir, "erts-" ++ ErlVsn, "bin"]), - BinDir = filename:join([RootDir, "bin"]), - io:fwrite("Substituting in erl.src, start.src and start_erl.src to\n" - "form erl, start and start_erl ...\n"), - subst_src_scripts(["erl", "start", "start_erl"], ErtsBinDir, BinDir, - [{"FINAL_ROOTDIR", RootDir}, {"EMU", "beam"}], - [preserve]), - io:fwrite("Creating the RELEASES file ...\n"), - create_RELEASES(RootDir, - filename:join([RootDir, "releases", RelFileName])). - -%% LOCALS - -%% make_script(RelFileName) -%% -make_script(RelFileName) -> - Opts = [no_module_tests], - systools:make_script(RelFileName, Opts). - -%% make_tar(RelFileName) -%% -make_tar(RelFileName) -> - RootDir = code:root_dir(), - systools:make_tar(RelFileName, [{erts, RootDir}]). - -%% extract_tar(TarFile, DestDir) -%% -extract_tar(TarFile, DestDir) -> - erl_tar:extract(TarFile, [{cwd, DestDir}, compressed]). - -create_RELEASES(DestDir, RelFileName) -> - release_handler:create_RELEASES(DestDir, RelFileName ++ ".rel"). - -subst_src_scripts(Scripts, SrcDir, DestDir, Vars, Opts) -> - lists:foreach(fun(Script) -> - subst_src_script(Script, SrcDir, DestDir, - Vars, Opts) - end, Scripts). - -subst_src_script(Script, SrcDir, DestDir, Vars, Opts) -> - subst_file(filename:join([SrcDir, Script ++ ".src"]), - filename:join([DestDir, Script]), - Vars, Opts). - -subst_file(Src, Dest, Vars, Opts) -> - {ok, Conts} = read_txt_file(Src), - NConts = subst(Conts, Vars), - write_file(Dest, NConts), - case lists:member(preserve, Opts) of - true -> - {ok, FileInfo} = file:read_file_info(Src), - file:write_file_info(Dest, FileInfo); - false -> - ok - end. - -%% subst(Str, Vars) -%% Vars = [{Var, Val}] -%% Var = Val = string() -%% Substitute all occurrences of %Var% for Val in Str, using the list -%% of variables in Vars. -%% -subst(Str, Vars) -> - subst(Str, Vars, []). - -subst([$%, C| Rest], Vars, Result) when $A =< C, C =< $Z -> - subst_var([C| Rest], Vars, Result, []); -subst([$%, C| Rest], Vars, Result) when $a =< C, C =< $z -> - subst_var([C| Rest], Vars, Result, []); -subst([$%, C| Rest], Vars, Result) when C == $_ -> - subst_var([C| Rest], Vars, Result, []); -subst([C| Rest], Vars, Result) -> - subst(Rest, Vars, [C| Result]); -subst([], _Vars, Result) -> - lists:reverse(Result). - -subst_var([$%| Rest], Vars, Result, VarAcc) -> - Key = lists:reverse(VarAcc), - case lists:keysearch(Key, 1, Vars) of - {value, {Key, Value}} -> - subst(Rest, Vars, lists:reverse(Value, Result)); - false -> - subst(Rest, Vars, [$%| VarAcc ++ [$%| Result]]) - end; -subst_var([C| Rest], Vars, Result, VarAcc) -> - subst_var(Rest, Vars, Result, [C| VarAcc]); -subst_var([], Vars, Result, VarAcc) -> - subst([], Vars, [VarAcc ++ [$%| Result]]). - -copy_file(Src, Dest) -> - copy_file(Src, Dest, []). - -copy_file(Src, Dest, Opts) -> - {ok, InFd} = file:open(Src, [raw, binary, read]), - {ok, OutFd} = file:open(Dest, [raw, binary, write]), - do_copy_file(InFd, OutFd), - file:close(InFd), - file:close(OutFd), - case lists:member(preserve, Opts) of - true -> - {ok, FileInfo} = file:read_file_info(Src), - file:write_file_info(Dest, FileInfo); - false -> - ok - end. - -do_copy_file(InFd, OutFd) -> - case file:read(InFd, ?BUFSIZE) of - {ok, Bin} -> - file:write(OutFd, Bin), - do_copy_file(InFd, OutFd); - eof -> - ok - end. - -write_file(FName, Conts) -> - {ok, Fd} = file:open(FName, [write]), - file:write(Fd, Conts), - file:close(Fd). - -read_txt_file(File) -> - {ok, Bin} = file:read_file(File), - {ok, binary_to_list(Bin)}. - -remove_dir_tree(Dir) -> - remove_all_files(".", [Dir]). - -remove_all_files(Dir, Files) -> - lists:foreach(fun(File) -> - FilePath = filename:join([Dir, File]), - {ok, FileInfo} = file:read_file_info(FilePath), - case FileInfo#file_info.type of - directory -> - {ok, DirFiles} = file:list_dir(FilePath), - remove_all_files(FilePath, DirFiles), - file:del_dir(FilePath); - _ -> - file:delete(FilePath) - end - end, Files). - ]]></code> </section> </chapter> |