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Re: Starting Apache for Cygwin as a service
On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 01:24:47PM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>
> >You mean the -k option added since apache-1.3.24-3?
>
> Hmmm...
>
> $ httpd -v
> Server version: Apache/1.3.24 (Cygwin)
> Server built: Apr 27 2002 13:23:27
>
> $ man httpd
> httpd(8) httpd(8)
>
> NAME
> httpd - Apache hypertext transfer protocol server
>
> SYNOPSIS
> httpd [ -X ] [ -R libexecdir ] [ -d serverroot ] [ -f con-
> fig ] [ -C directive ] [ -c directive ] [ -D parameter ]
>
> httpd [ -h ] [ -l ] [ -L ] [ -v ] [ -V ] [ -S ] [ -t ] [
> -T ]
I assume the maintainer didn't change the man pages. There *should*
be a description in the apache help pages.
> What exactly does -k do? (Just tried it and it
> seems to solve the problem beautifully)
The same as sshd -D. The started process doesn't fork the worker
daemon but runs itself as the daemon.
Corinna
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