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STDLIB

APPLICATION

STDLIB

APPLICATION SUMMARY

The STDLIB Application

DESCRIPTION

The STDLIB is mandatory in the sense that the minimal system based on Erlang/OTP consists of Kernel and STDLIB. The STDLIB application contains no services.

Configuration

The following configuration parameters are defined for the STDLIB application. See app(4) for more information about configuration parameters.

shell_esc = icl | abort

This parameter can be used to alter the behaviour of the Erlang shell when ^G is pressed.

restricted_shell = module()

This parameter can be used to run the Erlang shell in restricted mode.

shell_catch_exception = boolean()

This parameter can be used to set the exception handling of the Erlang shell's evaluator process.

shell_history_length = integer() >= 0

This parameter can be used to determine how many commands are saved by the Erlang shell.

shell_prompt_func = {Mod, Func} | default

where

  • Mod = atom()
  • Func = atom()

This parameter can be used to set a customized Erlang shell prompt function.

shell_saved_results = integer() >= 0

This parameter can be used to determine how many results are saved by the Erlang shell.

shell_strings = boolean()

This parameter can be used to determine how the Erlang shell outputs lists of integers.

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