shell_default - Customizing the Erlang environment.
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shell_default(3) Erlang Module Definition shell_default(3)
NAME
shell_default - Customizing the Erlang environment.
DESCRIPTION
The functions in this module are called when no module name is speci-
fied in a shell command.
Consider the following shell dialog:
1> lists:reverse("abc").
"cba"
2> c(foo).
{ok, foo}
In command one, module lists is called. In command two, no module name
is specified. The shell searches module user_default followed by module
shell_default for function c/1.
shell_default is intended for "system wide" customizations to the
shell. user_default is intended for "local" or individual user cus-
tomizations.
HINT
To add your own commands to the shell, create a module called
user_default and add the commands you want. Then add the following line
as the first line in your .erlang file in your home directory.
code:load_abs("$PATH/user_default").
$PATH is the directory where your user_default module can be found.
Ericsson AB stdlib 3.17 shell_default(3)