[erlang-questions] a problem about "file:path_eval([".", "/root"], ".erlang"): error on line 1: 1: syntax error before:"!!!!!

[Samuel]

You seem to have a broken .erlang file somewhere, possibly
/root/.erlang. The runtime tries to evaluate that file when you start
the vm and in you case it complains about bad syntax.

Regards

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Samuela