When I needed to do this, I wrote out a "restart request" file in a certain directory. Then had a job run from crontab every 1 or 5 minutes or whatever, that if it found a restart request file, it would (as root) restart the webserver, and remove the restart request file.
I think you may have problems trying to restart apache using the user apache runs as, but I'm not really sure how OSX compares to Linux on that. -Ryan Douglas Hyde wrote: > I am new to CFEXECUTE. I am trying to use cfexecute to restart apache2.2 on > max OSX (unix file structure) when a new virtual host is added or when the > aliases are updated within a host (eg, new directories are added that must > be aliased). Apache doesn't recognize these changes until restart. So I have > written code to add the new virtual host/alias settings in the vhosts > directory of apache - this is working fine. My challenge is getting > cfexecute to restart apache in order to pick up the new configurations. Here > is what I have tried: > > <!---now set absolute path to a file on the web server to reboot---> > <cfset script_path = "/Library/Apache2/bin/apachectl"> > <!---now set arguments---> > <cfset script_arguments = "restart"> > <!---now set absolute path to a file on the web server to act as a log; > something like---> > <cfset script_log = "/Library/WebServer/Documents/script_log.txt"> > <cfexecute name="#script_path#" arguments="#script_arguments#" > outputfile="#script_log#"></cfexecute> > > So, it looks like apache is restarting - the problem I am having is that it > tries to spit out the file that the cfexecute is contained in, rather than > writing to the file in outputfile. I have manually created the > "script_log.txt" in the target directory, and have set permissions to allow > the file to be overwritten. But nonetheless, a window pops up asking me to > download the file that the cfexecute command is contained in. I have also > tried switching from outputfile to variable, and then dumping the variable > to a file, but I still have the same problem. To be frank, I really don't > need the file, its just a behaviour of cfexecute I need to manage. Any > thoughts on why it dumps? I thought of wrapping the cfexecute in > cfsavecontent, but don't think I should have to. > > Cheers, > Doug ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:289494 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
