[erlang-questions] How to start an erlang applications from the command line non-interactively?

[Gleb Peregud]

On 5/5/08, Jarrod Roberson <jarrod@REDACTED> wrote:
> I have the Pragmatic Programmers book, and have searched Google and can't
> figure out how to start my program from the command line in _non_
> interactive mode.
> I am using windows at the moment as well, but I can translate from *nix
> instructions.
>
> I have tried the -s and -run options to erl but they both leave me in an
> interactive erlang shell.
>
> I want the interpreter to start up and run my app and detach from the shell
> "stand alone".
>

Let's say that your beam files are in ./ebin/ and there is module
"gui" with function "run". To run it in non-iteractive mode use this:

erl -noshell -pa ebin/ -s gui run -s erlang halt

Additionally take a look at "man run_erl", which handles detaching of
erlang app (and other daemon-related stuff)

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