script

script

File

script

File summary

Boot script

Description

The boot script describes how the Erlang runtime system is started. It contains instructions on which code to load and which processes and applications to start.

Command erl -boot Name starts the system with a boot file called Name.boot, which is generated from the Name.script file, using systools:script2boot/1.

The .script file is generated by systools from a .rel file and from .app files.

File Syntax

The boot script is stored in a file with extension .script. The file has the following synt