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apachectl(8)		     System Manager's Manual		    apachectl(8)

NAME
     apachectl - Apache HTTP server control interface

SYNOPSIS
     apachectl command [...]

DESCRIPTION
     apachectl	is  a front end to the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
     server.  It is designed to help the administrator control	the  functioning
     of the Apache httpd daemon.

     NOTE: If your Apache installation uses non-standard paths, you will need to
     edit the apachectl script to set the appropriate paths to your PID file and
     your httpd binary.  See the comments in the script for details.

     The  apachectl script returns a 0 exit value on success, and >0 if an error
     occurs.  For more details, view the comments in the script.

     Full documentation for Apache is available at http://httpd.apache.org/

OPTIONS
     The command can be any one or more of the following options:

     start	 Start the Apache daemon.  Gives an error if it is already  run-
		 ning.

     stop	 Stops the Apache daemon.

     restart	 Restarts the Apache daemon by sending it a SIGHUP.  If the dae-
		 mon  is not running, it is started.  This command automatically
		 checks the configuration files via configtest before initiating
		 the restart to make sure Apache doesn't die.

     fullstatus  Displays a full status report from  mod_status.   For	this  to
		 work,	you need to have mod_status enabled on your server and a
		 text-based browser such as lynx available on your system.   The
		 URL  used to access the status report can be set by editing the
		 STATUSURL variable in the script.

     status	 Displays a brief status report.  Similar to the fullstatus  op-
		 tion,	except	that the list of requests currently being served
		 is omitted.

     graceful	 Gracefully restarts the Apache daemon by sending it a	SIGUSR1.
		 If the daemon is not running, it is started.  This differs from
		 a  normal  restart  in  that currently open connections are not
		 aborted.  A side effect is that  old  log  files  will  not  be
		 closed  immediately.  This means that if used in a log rotation
		 script, a substantial delay may be necessary to ensure that the
		 old log files are closed before processing them.  This  command
		 automatically checks the configuration files via configtest be-
		 fore initiating the restart to make sure Apache doesn't die.

     configtest  Run  a configuration file syntax test. It parses the configura-
		 tion files and either reports Syntax Ok or detailed information
		 about the particular syntax error.

     help	 Displays a short help message.

SEE ALSO
     httpd(8)

				  February 2004 		    apachectl(8)
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