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+# Tell SASL not to log progress reports, and log SASL errors to a file
+-sasl errlog_type error
+-sasl sasl_error_logger '{file, "log/error_log.sasl"}'
+-boot start_sasl
+
+# Use kernel poll functionality if supported by emulator
++K true
+
+# Start a pool of asynchronous IO threads
++A 2
+
+# Comment this line out if you want the Erlang shell
++Bd