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HTTPDC(1)              DragonFly General Commands Manual             HTTPDC(1)


NAME

     httpdc - Control program for the xs-httpd webserver


SYNOPSIS

     httpdc [-d rootdir] [-p pidfile] [-v] [command]


DESCRIPTION

     `httpdc' is a program that lets you control the behaviour of the xs-httpd
     daemon.  With this program, you can retrieve its status, terminate the
     webserver, restart it, etc.

     Without any arguments, the program will start in interactive mode showing
     a prompt in which you can issue multiple commands.  If a command is given
     on the command line, the program will execute that command and terminate
     immediately when it is finished.

     The following control commands are available,
     ?
     help    Gives a list of command and their meanings.

     status  Display the webserver's status. It checks whether the main daemon
             is running and if the process group is still active.  It also
             displays the pid of the main process and the command that was
             used to start the webserver.

     stop    Shutdown the webserver. It will only stop the main daemon: that
             daemon will shut down its child processes before exiting.

     kill    Forcefully kills the webserver and all child processes.  This
             should only be used if a normal stop command isn't working or
             doesn't respond fast enough.

     restart
             Shuts the webserver down, waits until it is completely dead and
             then restarts it using the command line arguments that were used
             last time it was started. If the daemon was not running, it will
             print a warning and start it anyway.

     reload  This makes the webserver reload its global configuration files
             (httpd.conf, mime.types and compress.methods).  Note that this
             will not redo the complete configuration; in particular this will
             not create or terminate any new sockets that have been added to
             or removed from the httpd.conf(5) - nor will it change the owner
             (uid/gid) of running processes. In general it is better to use
             restart to ensure that the complete new configuration has been
             activated.

     quit
     exit    Quits the control program. You may also press CTRL-D (or any
             other key that means `end of input') to quit the program.


SEE ALSO

     httpd(1), httpd.conf(5)

     The project homepage: http://www.xs-httpd.org/

xs-httpd/3.5                     May 29, 1996                     xs-httpd/3.5

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