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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:24:59 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Starting Apache for Cygwin as a service
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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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