[PHP] Restarting Apache without screwing up running scripts?

Hi, We are building an Intranet for our company and I was wondering how people deal with having to restart the server when its running an intranet. Obviously if there is a complex process running and the server restarts in the middle of it then its going to screw a lot of stuff up. The

Re: [PHP] Restarting Apache without screwing up running scripts?

# apachectl graceful snip from manpage: gracefulGracefully restarts the Apache daemon by send­ ing it a SIGUSR1. If the daemon is not run­ ning, it is started. This differs from a nor­ mal restart in that currently open

Re: [PHP] Restarting Apache without screwing up running scripts?

* Thus wrote Marek Kilimajer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): # apachectl graceful Its also wise to run a 'configtest' # apachectl configtest It is a bummer if apache doesn't restart cause there is something wrong with the config. Curt -- My PHP key is worn out PHP List stats since 1997:

Re: [PHP] Restarting Apache without screwing up running scripts?

This command automatically checks the configuration files via configtest before initiating the restart to make sure Apache doesn't die. So it is not necessery. Curt Zirzow wrote: * Thus wrote Marek Kilimajer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): # apachectl graceful Its also wise to run a 'configtest' #

Re: [PHP] Restarting Apache without screwing up running scripts?

Wow! I didn't know that. I have been using apachectl restart all the time. Now I feel better that this feature will allow Apache to be running until people logged off of the website (by the mean of terminating the apache connection) Thanks!!! Marek Kilimajer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in