The following reply was made to PR general/3039; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Dean Gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Daniel C. Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: general/3039: MMapFile doesn't do what it should (file edits are read by server) Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 18:32:01 -0700 (PDT) On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Daniel C. Stevenson wrote: > >>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)? bogus means anything, it means anything could happen. As in, it could play Merry had a Little Lamb for you :) You happen to have gotten lucky and the changes did something that you think is "right". It isn't though. The documentation explicitly says that you have to restart the server. It also explicitly says not to modify the files in place. The whole thing is experimental and regular sites don't need it at all. Dean
