Erlang Distributed Programming spawn_link Method

Erlang Distributed Programming

This is used to create a new process link on the node.

Syntax

spawn_link(Node,Function)

Parameters

• Node −The node on which the function is to be generated.

• Function −The function to be spawned.

Return Value

This method returns a process ID.

-module(helloworld).　
-export([start/0]).　
start()　->　
　　　spawn_link(node(),fun()　-> server("Hello") end).　
server(Message)　->
　　　io:fwrite("~p",[Message]).

Output Result

When we run the above program, we will get the following results.

“Hello”

Erlang Distributed Programming