application startup

[Sean Hinde]

On 12 Aug 2005, at 22:21, Serge Aleynikov wrote:
>
> I was under impression that if an application is listed in the  
> *.rel file, it should be loaded but not started.  In order for it  
> to be started it must be included in the {applications, ...} tuple  
> of the *.app file.  However, what I am observing is that all apps  
> that are listed in the *.rel file are started automatically.  Am I  
> doing something wrong?
>
> ====== drpdb.rel ========
> {release, {"drpdb","1.0"}, {erts, "5.4.8"},
>  [{kernel,"2.10.9"},
>   {stdlib,"1.13.8"},
>   {sasl, "2.0.1"},
>   {drpdb, "1.0"},
>   {os_mon, "1.7.4"},
>   {mnesia, "4.2.2"}
>  ]}.
>
>
> ====== drpdb.app ========
> {application, drpdb,
>  [
>   {description, "Master Database Server"},
>   {vsn, "1.0"},
>   {id, "drpdb"},
>   {modules,
>    [
>       drpdb_app,
>       drpdb_sup,
>       drpdb
>     ]
>    },
>    {registered, [ drpdb_sup, drpdb ] },
>    {applications, [ kernel, sasl ] },
>    {mod, {drpdb_app, []}},
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>    {env, []}
>   ]
> }.

The mod entry in the .app file is the thing which causes the  
application to start.

Sean