start(1)

start1

Otp start script example for unix

Overview

The start script is an example script on how to start up the Erlang system in embedded mode on Unix.

For more information about the use, see the Embedded System User's Guide in System Documentation.

start [ data_file ]

Argument:

data_file

Optional. Specifies what start_erl.data file to use.

Environment variable RELDIR can be set before calling this example, which sets the directory where to find the release files.

See Also

run_erl(1), start_erl(1)

Releases

3 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. Arch

From erlang-core 29.1.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.