[erlang-questions] Re: Cannot unload module from remote shell

[Hynek Vychodil]

Are you sure you are restarted Erlang? I'm not sure but I think
RabbitMQ using one Erlang node for server and another for
administration. You probably restarted administration node but not
server.

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Dmitri Minaev <minaev@REDACTED> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Dmitri Minaev <minaev@REDACTED> wrote:
>
>>
>> So, I loaded my functions into a running instance of RabbitMQ. Of course,
>> my module is still there when I detach and reattach to  the same node. But
>> why the module is still loaded when I restart Erlang?
>>
>
> For what it's worth, killing epmd and removing /var/lib/rabbitmq/mnesia/*
> changed nothing. The module is still available. However, purging and
> reinstalling rabbitmq, did the trick :)
>
> code:delete/1 unloads the module (is_loaded returns false), but any call of
> the functions from that module results in it being loaded again. So, does
> Erlang cache the content of the loaded modules?  How does it get reloaded
> when the files are removed?
>
> --
> With best regards,
> Dmitri Minaev
>



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--Hynek (Pichi) Vychodil

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