NAME

       edoc_run - Interface for calling EDoc from Erlang startup options.

DESCRIPTION

       Interface for calling EDoc from Erlang startup options.

       The following is an example of typical usage in a Makefile:

            docs:
                    erl -noshell -run edoc_run application "'$(APP_NAME)'" \
                      '"."' '[{def,{vsn,"$(VSN)"}}]'

       (note the single-quotes to avoid shell expansion, and the double-quotes enclosing the strings).

       New feature in version 0.6.9: It is no longer necessary to write -s init stop last on the command line in
       order  to  make  the execution terminate. The termination (signalling success or failure to the operating
       system) is now built into these functions.

DATA TYPES

         args() = [string()]:

EXPORTS

       application(Args::args()) -> no_return()

              Calls edoc:application/3 with the corresponding arguments. The strings in the list are  parsed  as
              Erlang constant terms. The list can be either [App], [App, Options] or [App, Dir, Options]. In the
              first case edoc:application/1 is called instead; in the second case, edoc:application/2 is called.

              The  function  call never returns; instead, the emulator is automatically terminated when the call
              has completed, signalling success or failure to the operating system.

       file(Args::args()) -> no_return()

              This function is deprecated: This is part of the old interface to EDoc  and  is  mainly  kept  for
              backwards  compatibility.  The  preferred  way  of  generating documentation is through one of the
              functions application/1 and files/1.

              Calls edoc:file/2 with the corresponding arguments. The strings in the list are parsed  as  Erlang
              constant terms. The list can be either [File] or [File, Options]. In the first case, an empty list
              of options is passed to edoc:file/2.

              The following is an example of typical usage in a Makefile:

                   $(DOCDIR)/%.html:%.erl
                           erl -noshell -run edoc_run file '"$<"' '[{dir,"$(DOCDIR)"}]' \
                             -s init stop

              The  function  call never returns; instead, the emulator is automatically terminated when the call
              has completed, signalling success or failure to the operating system.

       files(Args::args()) -> no_return()

              Calls edoc:files/2 with the corresponding arguments. The strings in the list are parsed as  Erlang
              constant  terms.  The  list  can  be  either  [Files]  or  [Files,  Options].  In  the first case,
              edoc:files/1 is called instead.

              The function call never returns; instead, the emulator is automatically terminated when  the  call
              has completed, signalling success or failure to the operating system.

SEE ALSO

       edoc

AUTHORS

       Richard Carlsson <carlsson.richard@gmail.com>

                                                    edoc 1.2                                      edoc_run(3erl)