Compiling Erlang code on Windows

Question

I installed Erlang 13B and tried to follow the tutorials.

Every time I get to c(tut), I get an error instead of (ok, tut), so it seems like the

Answer 1

After you install Erlang open the shell and do:

1> pwd().
C:/Program Files/erl5.7.1/usr
ok
2>

Assume you have a file; "tut.erl" on your desktop. Content might look like this:

-module(tut).
-compile(export_all).

hello_world() ->
  hello.

You must change the path of the current working directory to the desktop first (or where ever you want to do the compile). Like this perhaps:

2> cd("F:/Desktop").
F:/Desktop
ok
3>

Then you can perform the compile.

3> c(tut).
{ok,tut}
4>

Then test the module

4> tut:hello_world().
hello
5> 

More info refer to the documentation here: Erlang official documentation More info on the shell, look here: Shell module

Hope this gets your started.