start(1)

🎀 start(1) — the manual page, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this is start, straight out of the Erlang module definitions, and it's literally the cutest little example script you ever did see. it's a Unix thing. it's an Erlang thing. it's giving ✨embedded✨.

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✨ NAME ✨

start — OTP start script example for Unix 🦋

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so like, the start script? it's an example script showing you how to start up the Erlang system in embedded mode on Unix. that's the whole vibe. it's not trying to be mysterious, it's just showing you the moves 💅

for more info on how to actually use it, go read the Embedded System User's Guide in System Documentation. that's where the lore lives, no cap 📚

here's how you call her:

start [ data_file ]

🌸 Argument 🌸

• data_file — optional bestie, totally up to you. it specifies which start_erl.data file to use. that's it, that's the whole job 🫶

🌈 Environment Variable 🌈

the environment variable RELDIR can be set before you call this example, and what it does is set the directory where the release files are gonna be found. so set it, and she'll know where to look 👑

ngl, if you skip RELDIR, don't come crying to me about release files not being found. set the variable. it's one line. you got this 💖

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👑 See Also

• run_erl(1)
• start_erl(1)

like, your whole little Erlang-embedded-adjacent friend group. go say hi 🦋

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and that's the page, periodt. this iconic piece of documentation was brought to you by Ericsson AB, shipping with erts 17.0.6 — that's the source and the version, bestie, and now you know exactly who to thank when your embedded system starts up all cute and correct 💜✨🎀