Supports --detached option on command line, closes #487

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bin/elixir b/bin/elixir
index 5a5e865ea..4e381f869 100755
--- a/bin/elixir
+++ b/bin/elixir
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
   --name \"name\"     Makes and assigns a name to the distributed node
   --sname \"name\"    Makes and assigns a short name to the distributed node
   --remsh \"name\"    Connects to a node using a remote shell (with iex)
+  --detached        Starts the Erlang VM detached from console
   --no-halt         Does not halt the Erlang VM after execution
 
 ** Options marked with (*) can be given more than once
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ while [ $I -le $# ]; do
     -e|-r|-pr|-pa|-pz|--remsh|-S)
         S=2
         ;;
+    --detached)
+        ERL="$ERL `echo $PEEK | cut -c 2-`"
+        ;;
     --sname|--name)
         I=$(expr $I + 1)
         eval "VAL=\${$I}"