On Monday 30 March 2009 23:21:00 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:31:47 +0100, AllenJB wrote: > > It depends upon the software / changes involved. Many services (eg. web > > server, mail servers) have a "reload" option on the init script (ie. > > /etc/init.d/apache reload), otherwise you generally need to restart > > them to apply changes. > > Or send them a SIGHUP - "killall -HUP processname"
Don't try that with X though... -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com