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# STDLIB

### APPLICATION

STDLIB

### APPLICATION SUMMARY

The STDLIB Application

### DESCRIPTION

The STDLIB is mandatory in the sense that the minimal system based on Erlang/OTP consists of Kernel and STDLIB. The STDLIB application contains no services.

### Configuration

The following configuration parameters are defined for the STDLIB application. See app(4) for more information about configuration parameters.

shell_esc = icl | abort

  This parameter can be used to alter the behaviour of the Erlang shell when ^G is pressed.

restricted_shell = module()

  This parameter can be used to run the Erlang shell in restricted mode.

shell_catch_exception = bool()

  This parameter can be used to set the exception handling of the Erlang shell's evaluator process.

shell_history_length = integer() >= 0

  This parameter can be used to determine how many commands are saved by the Erlang shell.

shell_prompt_func = {Mod, Func} | default

  where

  - Mod = atom()
  - Func = atom()

  This parameter can be used to set a customized Erlang shell prompt function.

shell_saved_results = integer() >= 0

  This parameter can be used to determine how many results are saved by the Erlang shell.

### See Also

app(4), application(3), shell(3),