NAME httpd_ctl - An apache httpd control script that supports Template Toolkit pre-processing SYNOPSIS httpd_ctl [--all|-a] [--batch|-b] [--conf_file|-f *httpd.conf file*] [--debug|-d] [--help|-h] [--man|-m] [--template|-t] (start|stop|coldrestart|restart|graceful|configtest)+ DESCRIPTION An apache httpd control script that supports Template Toolkit pre-processing OPTIONS --conf_file|-f *httpd.conf file* If file extension is .tt automatically implies --template --debug|-d prints debug messages --help|-h prints out usage information and exits --httpd_opt|-o *options* A quoted string specifying any additional options to pass through to the httpd. --man|-m produces man page --template|-t Requires the --conf_file file to be processed by Template Toolkit. The processed file will be placed in the same directory . This allows you to do things like environment variable substitution: [% USE env = EnvHash %] [% env.MY_LOG_DIR %] It is that simple! But, remember you can do much more powerful things with Template Toolkit, and use variables in control structures such as if, for, foreach and so on. See http://www.template-toolkit.org/ to read about Template Toolkit in full. start start httpd stop stop httpd coldrestart stop the httpd and then start it restart Restart httpd if running by sending a SIGHUP or start if not running graceful Do a graceful restart by sending a SIGUSR1 or start if not running configtest Do a configuration syntax test and check virtual hosts. EXIT STATUS 0 - Completed Successfully 1 - Otherwise See Also Template AUTHOR Sagar R. Shah COPYRIGHT & LICENSE Copyright 2006 Sagar R. Shah, All Rights Reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.