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From 39bfe37418ebae1cbb663dc3c0155f3f1e286bb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kjell Winblad <kjellwinblad@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:59:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 21/39] erlang module doc: preciser description of
 erlang:is_alive()

---
 erts/doc/src/erl_cmd.xml |  2 +-
 erts/doc/src/erlang.xml  | 13 +++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
index 2e8c9f5247..0d4c46bd9c 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erlang.xml
@@ -2546,8 +2546,17 @@ os_prompt%</pre>
 <fsummary>Check whether the local node is alive.</fsummary>
 <desc>
 Returns <c>true</c> if the local node is alive (that is, if
- the node can be part of a distributed system), otherwise
- <c>false</c>.
+ the node can be part of a distributed system), otherwise
+ <c>false</c>. A node is alive if it is started with:
+ <list type="ordered">
+ <item><seealso marker="erl#name"><c>"erl -name LONGNAME"</c></seealso> or,</item>
+ <item><seealso marker="erl#sname"><c>"erl -sname SHORTNAME"</c></seealso>.</item>
+ </list>
+ A node
+ can also be alive if it has got a name from a call to <seealso
+ marker="kernel:net_kernel#start/1"><c>net_kernel:start/1</c></seealso>
+ and has not been stopped by a call to <seealso
+ marker="kernel:net_kernel#stop/0"><c>net_kernel:stop/0</c></seealso>.
 </desc>
 </func>
 
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