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CERN server

The CERN server command line does not require any options or arguments if all configuration details are included in the configuration file and that file is in the standard location (/etc/httpd.conf). If you keep the configuration file elsewhere you will need to specify that location. The syntax of the CERN server command line is:

  httpd [-option ...] [directory]

The directory argument specifies the path of the directory at the top of the Web directory hierarchy. Alternatively, this directory can be specified by the ServerRoot configuration directive. If it is not specified at all, the default of /Public is used.

The following command line options are supported:

-r rule-file

The configuration file to be used.

-p port

The port number on which to listen for requests.

-l logfile

Use logfile as the access log.

-restart

Restart an already running server.

-gc_only

Perform garbage collection and exit.

-v

Print debugging messages to the standard error stream (verbose).

-vv

Print even more debugging messages to the standard error stream (very verbose).

-version

Print the version of the server and the version of the Common Library used in the server, and then exit.

-d[x][y]

Specifies directory listing generation options.

x controls whether generation is enabled, and can be one of: y (enabled), n (disabled) or s (selective - enabled only for directories containing a file .www-browsable).

y controls the inclusion of README file contents in generated directory listings, and can be one of: t (include at top), b (include at bottom) or r (feature disabled).

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