The following reply was made to PR general/3039; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Daniel C. Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dean Gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: general/3039: MMapFile doesn't do what it should (file edits are read by server) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 21:13:36 -0400 >>From www.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_mmap_static: > >... To reiterate that point: if the files are modified in place without >restarting the server you may end up serving requests that are completely >bogus. ... Does bogus include actually recognizing/displaying the modified files without restarting the server (which is the behavior I saw)? -- if no -- I gathered from the documentation that any changes would *not* be displayed, and thus I tried to use that to test whether mmap_static was running (changes would not be displayed) or not (changes would be displayed, as normal). I reloaded the page with about 5 different versions, and did each one about 20 times from different hosts (in an attempt to distribute across the server processes) and got completely predictable/normal behavior, as in the changes are duly replicated in my browser, *without* a server restart. -- end if -- Again, if "bogus" means actually doing the normal thing (showing changes w/o restart), my sincere apologies. Is there a better way to tell if mmap_static is working properly? Thanks. Dan Stevenson P.S. Apache is an increasingly perfect product. I teach a Web design and development class to MIT undergraduates and I take every chance to say good things about Apache (and open development). Recently, I had the need to write a module using the API, and it was wonderful, especially compared to NSAPI.
