Re: Apache Service Control

2007-07-09 Thread Q Beukes
Thanks for your quick response. Nick Kew wrote: To restart the process you need to send a HUP signal. This works fine, but what if you want to stop the server for a moment and then start it again, perhaps doing something in the mean while. This cannot be automated unless you wat

Re: Apache Service Control

2007-07-08 Thread Nick Kew
On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:21:08 +0200 Q Beukes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why is it controlled with signals? That is customary for daemons. It works. > To restart the process you need to send a HUP signal. This works fine, > but what if you want to stop the server for a moment and then start it

Apache Service Control

2007-07-08 Thread Q Beukes
Hey, I have a question about the design of the service control of Apache in a Unix environment. Why is it controlled with signals? When you try and stop Apache a TERM signal is sent and the process returns. Then the service starts shutting down. (I bet I just teached you guys something, huh ;>).