[erlang-questions] starting multiple erlang nodes with a single command

[kid_a]

Jon Meredith wrote:
> Have you looked at the slave() module?
> 
> If you're using X11 you might be able to do something like this from
> inside erlang
> 
> start_displays() ->
>   {ok, D1} = slave:start(net_adm:localhost(), display1, " -env DISPLAY "
> ++ net_adm:localhost() ++ ":1 "),
>   {ok, D2} = slave:start(net_adm:localhost(), display2, " -env DISPLAY "
> ++ net_adm:localhost() ++ ":2 "),
>   {D1, D2}.
> 
> You'll need to start erlang as a named node (erl -name master), then you
> should be able to access them using the node names in the return tuple.
> Then just use rpc:call to start up whatever you need (or tweak the
> startup args if you prefer).

It seems to be what I was looking for. Thank you. :)

Loris
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