> 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).

Cheers,

Scott
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