<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> <!DOCTYPE comref SYSTEM "comref.dtd"> <comref> <header> <copyright> <year>1999</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. </legalnotice> <title>start</title> <prepared>Kent Boortz</prepared> <responsible></responsible> <docno></docno> <approved></approved> <checked></checked> <date>99-12-15</date> <rev></rev> <file>start.xml</file> </header> <com>start</com> <comsummary>OTP start script example for Unix</comsummary> <description> <p>This describes the <c><![CDATA[start]]></c> script that is an example script on how to startup the Erlang system in embedded mode on Unix.</p> <p>You can read more about the use in the <c><![CDATA[Embedded System User's Guide]]></c>.</p> </description> <funcs> <func> <name>start [ data_file ]</name> <fsummary>This is an example script on how to startup the Erlang system in embedded mode on Unix.</fsummary> <desc> <p>In the example there is one argument</p> <taglist> <tag>data_file</tag> <item>Optional, specifies what <c><![CDATA[start_erl.data]]></c> file to use.</item> </taglist> <p>There is also an environment variable <c><![CDATA[RELDIR]]></c> that can be set prior to calling this example that set the directory where to find the release files.</p> </desc> </func> </funcs> <section> <title>SEE ALSO</title> <p>run_erl(1), start_erl(1)</p> </section> </comref>