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authorKjell Winblad <kjellwinblad@gmail.com>2021-03-16 13:43:41 +0100
committerKjell Winblad <kjellwinblad@gmail.com>2021-04-06 11:14:02 +0200
commitd0e146e8bd0bb267fd6d90a209acfc9c7231f9cc (patch)
treec5a18c5f5f6e267b3166a83d8a23903c6075225a
parentc41c3553d6978d1d2e909f826c0f33499e845265 (diff)
downloaderlang-d0e146e8bd0bb267fd6d90a209acfc9c7231f9cc.tar.gz
erl_call: Improve comment describing what erl_call does
Improve the comment in erl_call.c that describes the purpose of the file to more accurately describe what erl_call does.
-rw-r--r--lib/erl_interface/src/prog/erl_call.c13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/erl_interface/src/prog/erl_call.c b/lib/erl_interface/src/prog/erl_call.c
index dbcb722b12..d4b77bd770 100644
--- a/lib/erl_interface/src/prog/erl_call.c
+++ b/lib/erl_interface/src/prog/erl_call.c
@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@
*/
/*
- * Function: Makes it possible to send and receive Erlang
- * messages from the (Unix) command line.
- * Note: We don't free any memory at all since we only
- * live for a short while.
+ * Description: This file implements the erl_call command line
+ * utility. The erl_call command can be used to:
+ *
+ * * Execute code on an Erlang node and get the result back
+ * * Start and stop Erlang nodes
+ * * Upload and compile a module on an Erlang node
+ *
+ * See the erl_call man page or HTML documentation for additional
+ * information.
*
*/