erl -sname

[Chris Williams]

When trying to start a node with the following command:

erl -sname a.b the node crashes at startup.

We tried all possible combinations like
erl -sname 'a.b'
erl -sname \'a.b\'

and such.

How do we start a node with a name which has a few '.'s in
it??

regards,
Chris


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