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# start

### COMMAND

start

### COMMAND SUMMARY

OTP start script example for Unix

### DESCRIPTION

This describes the start script that is an example script on how to startup the Erlang system in embedded mode on Unix.

You can read more about the use in the Embedded System User's Guide.

### EXPORTS

start [ data_file ]

In the example there is one argument

data_file
  Optional, specifies what start_erl.data file to use.

There is also an environment variable RELDIR that can be set prior to calling this example that set the directory where to find the release files.

### SEE ALSO

run_erl(1), start_erl(1)