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

You can also create an initialization file named .erlang under YourErlangInstallationPath\usr\

the content of the file should look something like this;

io:format("consulting .erlang in ~p~n" ,
[element(2,file:get_cwd())]).
%% Edit to the directory where you store your code
c:cd("O:/Erlang.Umut").
io:format("Now in:~p~n" , [element(2,file:get_cwd())]).

it will automatically change the path to your working folder. (Obviously, my path is O:/Erlang.Umut, you need to replace it with yours.)

No need to change folders every time you launch console. Console will be able to reach your erl files directly.