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apachectl(1)					     apachectl(1)

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 admin-
       istrator	 control the functioning of the Apache httpd dae-
       mon.

       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://www.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 running.

       stop	   Stops the Apache daemon.

       restart	   Restarts the Apache daemon  by  sending  it	a
		   SIGHUP.   If	 the daemon 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 option, except that the list of
		   requests currently being served is omitted.

       graceful	   Gracefully restarts the Apache daemon by send-
		   ing it  a  SIGUSR1.	 If  the  daemon  is  not

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apachectl(1)					     apachectl(1)

		   running,  it	 is started.  This differs from a
		   normal restart in that currently open  connec-
		   tions  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 automat-
		   ically checks the configuration files via con-
		   figtest before initiating the restart to  make
		   sure Apache doesn't die.

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

       help	   Displays a short help message.

SEE ALSO
       httpd(8)

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