> thanks, Scott > > as it was, I restarted Apache several times earlier today, with out a > single glitch > > I'll try 'reload' next time. > > Because I had experienced these unclean shutdowns before, I thought > shutdown/pause/start was a 'safer option'; > now that I know what you just explained, I'll use 'reload' next time. > > so, if there is a critical error in config, 'reload' would cause 'stop'? > Don't quote me on it, but I think apache will crash (as in 'stop') on reload if you have errors in your configuration. You should be able to do a 'configtest' to verify your config before doing a reload (it may be different on different distro's).
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