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Modified: htdocs/manual configuring.html Log: Add information about line continuation. Revision Changes Path 1.3 +11 -4 httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/configuring.html Index: configuring.html =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/configuring.html,v retrieving revision 1.2 retrieving revision 1.3 diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3 --- configuring.html 2000/09/12 16:29:56 1.2 +++ configuring.html 2000/09/21 21:23:10 1.3 @@ -37,12 +37,19 @@ <H2>Syntax of the Configuration Files</H2> +<P>Apache configuration files contain one directive per line. The +back-slash "\" may be used as the last character on a line to indicate +that the directive continues onto the next line. There must be no +other characters or white space between the back-slash and the end of +the line. To end a line with a literal back-slash, you can escape it +by preceding it with a second back-slash "\\". + <P>Directives in the configuration files are case-insensitive, but arguments to directives are often case sensitive. Lines which begin with the hash character "#" are considered comments, and are ignored. -Comments may <STRONG>not</STRONG> be included on a line after a configuration -directive. White space occurring before a directive -is ignored, so you may indent directives for clarity. +Comments may <STRONG>not</STRONG> be included on a line after a +configuration directive. Blank lines and white space occurring before +a directive are ignored, so you may indent directives for clarity. <P>You can check your configuration files for syntax errors without starting the server by using <CODE>apachectl configtest</CODE> @@ -59,7 +66,7 @@ use <A HREF="dso.html">dynamically loaded</A> modules, then modules can be compiled separately and added at any time using the <A HREF="mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</A> directive. -Otherwise, apache must be recompiled to add or remove modules. +Otherwise, Apache must be recompiled to add or remove modules. <P>To see which modules are currently compiled into the server, you can use the <CODE>-l</CODE> command line option.
