From 2f029aa2df32c2d0c1fdd2801ed52cbadafd56f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sverker Eriksson Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 21:17:19 +0200 Subject: erts: Remove obsolete paragraph about ERL_NO_VFORK from erlang:open_port/2 docs. --- erts/doc/src/erlang.xml | 7 ------- 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'erts/doc') diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml index 29b1d106cd..73800687b7 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml @@ -3772,13 +3772,6 @@ RealSystem = system + MissedSystem If found, that driver is started. A driver runs in the Erlang work space, which means that it is linked with the Erlang runtime system.

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When starting external programs on Solaris, the system - call vfork is used in preference to fork - for performance reasons, although it has a history of - being less robust. If there are problems using - vfork, setting environment variable - ERL_NO_VFORK to any value causes fork - to be used instead.

For external programs, PATH is searched (or an equivalent method is used to find programs, depending on the OS). This is done by invoking -- cgit v1.2.3