An XML version of the httpd man page is attached.
As far as format, I've stuck fairly close to true "man page" format, but
I've changed a couple things (like moving the synopsis into the
<summary>). I've deliberately not used any new xml tags -- just the ones
we already have defined. If we want to add a couple more symantically
accurate tags in the future, we could consider that.
I have also done a quick job of bringing things up-to-date by scanning
through main.c looking for undocumented arguments.
Comments welcome. I'll nuke the nroff version at the same time that I
commit this.
Joshua.
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?>
<!DOCTYPE manualpage SYSTEM "../style/manualpage.dtd">
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../style/manual.en.xsl"?>
<manualpage>
<relativepath href=".."/>
<title>httpd - Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server</title>
<summary>
<p><code>httpd</code> is the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol
(HTTP) server program. It is designed to be run as a standalone
daemon process. When used like this it will create a pool of
child processes or threads to handle requests.</p>
<p>In general, <code>httpd</code> should not be invoked directly,
but rather should be invoked via <a
href="apachectl.html">apachectl</a> on unix systems or as an NT
service under win32.</p>
</summary>
<seealso><a href="../invoking.html">Starting Apache</a></seealso>
<seealso><a href="../stopping.html">Stopping Apache</a></seealso>
<seealso><a href="../configuring.html">Configuration Files</a></seealso>
<seealso><a href="../platform/windows.html">Windows Platform</a></seealso>
<seealso><a href="apachectl.html">apachectl</a></seealso>
<section id="synopsis"><title>Synopsis</title>
<p><strong>httpd </strong>[ -<strong>d </strong><var>serverroot
</var>] [ -<strong>f </strong><var>config </var>] [ -<strong>C
</strong> <var>directive </var>] [ -<strong>c </strong>
<var>directive</var>] [ -<strong>D </strong> <var>parameter
</var>] [ -<strong>e </strong> <var>level</var> ] [ -<strong>E
</strong> <var>file</var> ] [ <strong>-k </strong>
<code>start|restart|graceful|stop</code> ] [ -<strong>R </strong>
<var>directory</var> ] [ -<strong>h </strong>] [ -<strong>l
</strong>] [ -<strong>L </strong>] [-<strong>S</strong>] [
-<strong>t </strong>] [ -<strong>v </strong>] [ -<strong>V
</strong>] [ -<strong>X </strong>]</p>
<p>On <a href="../platform/windows.html">Win32 systems</a>, the
following additional arguments are available:</p>
<p><strong>httpd </strong>
[ -<strong>k </strong> <code>install|config|uninstall</code> ]
[ -<strong>n </strong> <var>name</var> ] [ -<strong>w</strong> ]</p>
</section>
<section id="options"><title>Options</title>
<dl>
<dt>-d <var>serverroot</var></dt>
<dd>Set the initial value for the <directive
module="core">ServerRoot</directive> directive to
<var>serverroot</var>. This can be overridden by the ServerRoot
directive in the configuration file. The default is
<code>/usr/local/apache2</code>.</dd>
<dt>-f <var>config</var></dt>
<dd>Uses the directives in the file <var>config</var> on startup. If
<var>config</var> does not begin with a /, then it is taken to be a
path relative to the <directive
module="core">ServerRoot</directive>. The default is
<code>conf/httpd.conf</code>.</dd>
<dt>-k <code>start|restart|graceful|stop</code></dt>
<dd>Signals <code>httpd</code> to start, restart, or stop. See <a
href="../stopping.html">Stopping Apache</a> for more information.</dd>
<dt>-C <var>directive</var></dt>
<dd>Process the configuration <var>directive</var> before reading
config files.</dd>
<dt>-c <var>directive</var></dt>
<dd>Process the configuration <var>directive</var> after reading config
files.</dd>
<dt>-D <var>parameter</var></dt>
<dd>Sets a configuration <var>parameter </var>which can be used with
<directive type="section" module="core">IfDefine</directive> sections
in the configuration files to conditionally skip or process
commands at server startup and restart.</dd>
<dt>-e <var>level</var></dt>
<dd>Sets the <directive module="core">LogLevel</directive> to
<var>level</var> during server startup. This is useful for
temporarily increasing the verbosity of the error messages to find
problems during startup.</dd>
<dt>-E <var>file</var></dt>
<dd>Send error messages during server startup to <var>file</var>.</dd>
<dt>-R <var>directory</var></dt>
<dd>When the server is compiled using the <code>SHARED_CORE</code>
rule, this specifies the <var>directory</var> for the shared
object files.</dd>
<dt>-h</dt>
<dd>Output a short summary of available command line options.</dd>
<dt>-l</dt>
<dd>Output a list of modules compiled into the server. This will
<strong>not</strong> list dynamically loaded modules included using
the <directive module="mod_so">LoadModule</directive> directive.</dd>
<dt>-L</dt>
<dd>Output a list of directives together with expected arguments and
places where the directive is valid.</dd>
<dt>-S</dt>
<dd>Show the settings as parsed from the config file (currently only
shows the virtualhost settings).</dd>
<dt>-t</dt>
<dd>Run syntax tests for configuration files only. The program
immediately exits after these syntax parsing with either a return code
of 0 (Syntax OK) or return code not equal to 0 (Syntax Error). If -D
<var>DUMP</var>_<var>VHOSTS </var>is also set, details of the virtual host
configuration will be printed.</dd>
<dt>-v</dt>
<dd>Print the version of <code>httpd</code>, and then exit.</dd>
<dt>-V</dt>
<dd>Print the version and build parameters of <code>httpd</code>, and
then exit.</dd>
<dt>-X</dt>
<dd>Run httpd in debug mode. Only one worker will be started and the
server will not detach from the console.</dd>
</dl>
<p>The following arguments are available only on the <a
href="../platform/windows.html">win32 platform</a>:</p>
<dl>
<dt>-k <code>install|config|uninstall</code></dt>
<dd>Install Apache as a Windows NT service; change startup options for
the Apache service; and uninstall the Apache service.</dd>
<dt>-n <var>name</var></dt>
<dd>The <var>name</var> of the Apache service to signal.</dd>
<dt>-w</dt>
<dd>Hold the console window open on error so that the error message can
be read.</dd>
</dl>
</section>
</manualpage>
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