In httpd.h there are a number of hard coded paths that define the default server
home directory. Looking at the code, it appears that if the user does not specify a
-f parameter when starting apache, it will automatically look for the .CONF file in
HTTPD_ROOT/conf/httpd.conf. This means that if HTTPD_ROOT for platform XX is defined
as "/apache" but the user decided to install apache to "/apch", Apache would never
find the httpd.conf file unless the -f <location> is defined on the command line.
Leaving the default hard coded on NetWare would cause a problem. If HTTPD_ROOT were
defined as "/apache" as on other platforms, NetWare will always default to
"SYS:/Apache" which it many cases would be wrong since most apache users do not
install add on software on the SYS: volume. Hard coding a volume name would always be
wrong since the volume name is a user definable value. Wouldn't it make more since to
define the default server home directory as getcwd() instead of a hard coded path?
thanks,
Brad
