to_erl(1)

🎀 to_erl — like, the manual page, bestie 🎀

okay so bestie, listen. this is to_erl, and it lives in section 1 of the manual (that's <cyan>USER COMMANDS</cyan>, iykyk). if you've ever had an Erlang thingy running and you were like "omg i need to get in there"… yeah. this is the girl for that job. ✨

💖 NAME 💖

to_erl — attach to a running Erlang runtime system, started with run_erl

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so literally what this program does: it lets you attach to a running Erlang runtime system that was started with run_erl. that's it. that's the whole vibe. you started it with run_erl, and now to_erl is the way you go say hi. 🫶

🦋 USAGE 🦋

to_erl [pipe_name | pipe_dir]

so to dip out of the Erlang shell without exiting the Erlang system itself, you type Ctrl-D. not Ctrl-C, not closing the terminal dramatically, not ghosting it — Ctrl-D. periodt. 💅

the arguments for the to_erl program are:

• pipe_name — the name of the pipe where you wanna attach. it defaults to /tmp/erlang.pipe.N. so if you don't say anything, that's where she's going. 💫
• pipe_dir — the directory name where it should search for the named pipe to attach to. it defaults to /tmp. very "i'll just look in the usual spot" of it. 🎀

ngl, if you're passing nothing at all, both defaults kick in and that's lowkey fine — she's gonna look in /tmp and grab /tmp/erlang.pipe.N. no cap.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

like, go read these too, they're the friend group:

• run_erl(1)
• start_embedded(1)

and that's the whole thing, bestie!! 💖 这个 page is brought to you by Ericsson AB, it's from erts 5.9.3, and honestly? iconic of them. mwah. 😭💅🦋✨