In OSE run_erl and to_erl are combined into a single load module called run_erl_lm. Installing and starting the load module will add two new shell commands called run_erl and to_erl. They work in exactly the same way as the unix variants of run_erl and to_erl, except that the read and write pipes have to be placed under the /pipe vm. One additional option also exists to run_erl on ose: -block Name The name of the install handle and block that will be created/used by installing and exectuting the first part of the command. If nothing if given the basename of the load module will be used for this value. Example: pm_install erlang /path/to/erlang/vm run_erl -daemon -block erlang /pipe/ /mst/erlang_logs/ "erl -A 10" See also run_erl for more details.