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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1996</year><year>2009</year>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2013</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ init:stop()</pre>
<p>Loads the code for and starts the applications Kernel,
STDLIB and SASL.</p>
</item>
+ <tag><c>no_dot_erlang.boot</c></tag>
+ <item>
+ <p>Loads the code for and starts the applications Kernel and
+ STDLIB, skips loading the <c>.erlang</c> file.
+ Useful for scripts and other tools that should be behave the
+ same irregardless of user preferences.
+ </p>
+ </item>
</taglist>
<p>Which of <c>start_clean</c> and <c>start_sasl</c> to use as
default is decided by the user when installing Erlang/OTP using