Thanks nick.
I think you're looking to wrap apache from outside, rather than write a module.
Yes, I need a wrapper mechanism for notifying the startup and shutdown of Apache. I could do that in UNIX by modifying the apachectl. As there is no such script in WINDOWS I opted for a module. Please let me know if you have any inputs regarding the wrapper mechanism( instead of a module ) Regards, Shahid On 12/1/06, Nick Kew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 13:02:14 +0530 shahid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am a newbie. > > I am writing a new module for starting/shuttingdown a process(which is > dependent on Apache) when Apache is starting/shutting down in > WINDOWS. In general, modules are not platform-specific (except MPMs). Corollary: if yours is, that could indicate that it shouldn't really be a module. (there are exceptions to this rule: treat "Module for [platform]" as a Warning but not an Error). > I am able to do startup/shutdown by using ap_hook_child_init , > apr_pool_cleanup_register. child_init happens after apache has forked child processes. Corollary: it's really for internal initialisation. If you use it for external things like starting a process, you have to worry about how many instances of your process get started. A pre_config or post_config hook would avoid this issue. > apr_pool_cleanup_register is getting called after httpd is down. But No, your cleanup is part of the shutdown process. Neither before nor after shutdown. > my requirement is it needs to be called before the shutdown of Apache. I think you're looking to wrap apache from outside, rather than write a module. But if you really want a module, take a look at Jeff Trawick's introspection modules as a startingpoint (see http://people.apache.org/~trawick/). > Is there any handler to do it? If not , is there any other way? > > I need to know the Apache installed PATH , is there any environmental > variable set which contains the apache path? Sounds like SERVER_ROOT. -- Nick Kew Application Development with Apache - the Apache Modules Book http://www.apachetutor.org/
