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    <title>start</title>
    <prepared>Kent Boortz</prepared>
    <responsible></responsible>
    <docno></docno>
    <approved></approved>
    <checked></checked>
    <date>1999-12-15</date>
    <rev></rev>
    <file>start.xml</file>
  </header>
  <com>start</com>
  <comsummary>OTP start script example for Unix.</comsummary>
  <description>
    <p>The <c><![CDATA[start]]></c> script is an example script on
      how to start up the Erlang system in embedded mode on Unix.</p>

    <p>For more information about the use, see the
      <seeguide marker="system/embedded:embedded_solaris">
      Embedded System User's Guide</seeguide> in System Documentation.</p>
  </description>

  <funcs>
    <func>
      <name>start [ data_file ]</name>
      <fsummary>Example script on how to start up the Erlang system in embedded
        mode on Unix.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Argument:</p>
        <taglist>
          <tag><c>data_file</c></tag>
          <item>
            <p>Optional. Specifies what <c><![CDATA[start_erl.data]]></c> file
              to use.</p>
          </item>
        </taglist>
        <p>Environment variable <c><![CDATA[RELDIR]]></c> can
          be set before calling this example, which sets the directory
          where to find the release files.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>
  </funcs>

  <section>
    <title>See Also</title>
    <p><seecom marker="run_erl"><c>run_erl(1)</c></seecom>,
      <seecom marker="start_erl"><c>start_erl(1)</c></seecom></p>
  </section>
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