init
init
Module
init
Module summary
Coordination of system startup.
Description
This module is preloaded and contains the code for the init
system process that coordinates the startup of the system. The first function evaluated at startup is boot(BootArgs)
, where BootArgs
is a list of command-line arguments supplied to the Erlang runtime system from the local operating system; see erl(1)
.
init
reads the boot script, which contains instructions on how to initiate the system. For more information about boot scripts, see script(4)
.
init
also contains functions to restart, reboot, and stop the system.
Exports
boot(BootArgs) -> no_return()