13.9 Distribution Command-Line Flags

Examples of command-line flags used for distributed programming (for more information, see the erl(1) manual page in ERTS:

Command-Line FlagDescription
-connect_all falseOnly explicit connection set-ups are used.
-hiddenMakes a node into a hidden node.
-name NameMakes a runtime system into a node, using long node names.
-setcookie CookieSame as calling erlang:set_cookie(node(), Cookie).
-sname NameMakes a runtime system into a node, using short node names.

Table 13.2: Distribution Command-Line Flags