NAME

       shell_default - Customizing the Erlang environment.

DESCRIPTION

       The functions in this module are called when no module name is specified in a shell command.

       Consider the following shell dialog:

       1> lists:reverse("abc").
       "cba"
       2> c(foo).
       {ok, foo}

       In  command  one, module lists is called. In command two, no module name is specified. The shell searches
       module user_default followed by module shell_default for function c/1.

       shell_default is intended for "system wide" customizations to the shell.  user_default  is  intended  for
       "local" or individual user customizations.

HINT

       To add your own commands to the shell, create a module called user_default and add the commands you want.
       Then add the following line as the first line in your .erlang file in your home directory.

       code:load_abs("$PATH/user_default").

       $PATH is the directory where your user_default module can be found.

Ericsson AB                                       stdlib 3.4.3                               shell_default(3erl)