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inets

MODULE

inets

MODULE SUMMARY

The inets services API

DESCRIPTION

This module provides the most basic API to the clients and servers, that are part of the Inets application, such as start and stop.

COMMON DATA TYPES

Type definitions that are used more than once in this module:

 service() = ftpc | tfptd | httpc | httpd     
 property() = atom()     

EXPORTS

services() -> [{Service, Pid}]

Types:

Service = service()
Pid = pid()

Returns a list of currently running services.

Note

Services started with the stand alone option will not be listed.

service_info() -> [{Service, Pid, Info}]

Types:

Service = service()
Pid = pid()
Info = [{Property, Value}]
Property = property()
Value = term()

Returns a list of currently running services where each service is described by a [{Property, Value}] list. The information given in the list is specific too each service and it is proable that each service will have its own info function that gives you even more details about the service.

service_names() -> [service()]

Returns a list of available service names.

start() ->
start(Type) -> ok | {error, Reason}

Types:

Type = permanent | transient | temporary

Starts the Inets application. Default type is temporary. application(3)

stop() -> ok

Stops the inets application. application(3)

start(Service, ServiceConfig) ->
start(Service, ServiceConfig, How) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, Reason}

Types:

Service = service()
ServiceConfig = [{Property, Value}]
Value = term()
How = inets | stand_alone - default is inets

Dynamically starts an inets service after the inets application has been started.

Note

Dynamically started services will not be handled by application takeover and failover behavior when inets is run as a distributed application. Nor will they be automaticly restarted when the inets application is restarted, but as long as the inets application is up and running they will be supervised and may be soft code upgraded. Services started with the option stand alone, e.i. the service is not started as part of the inets application, will lose all OTP application benefits such as soft upgrade. The stand alone service will be linked to the process that started it. In most cases some of the supervison functionallity will still be in place and in some sense the calling process has now become the top supervisor.

stop(Service, Reference) ->

Types:

Service = service() | stand_alone
Reference = pid() | term() - service specified reference

Stops a started service of the inets application or takes down a stand alone "service" gracefully. When the stand alone option is used in start, only the pid is a valid argument to stop.

SEE ALSO

http(3)

httpd(3)

ftp(3)

tftp(3)


inets 5.0
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