getting at http.conf from startup.pl

[Aaron J Mackey <aj...@virginia.edu>]

I need to access some of the information in http.conf during startup.pl
(more than what Apache::Server and/or dir_config can tell me).  It seems
that there are at least 3 httpd.conf parsing Apache::* modules out there,
so:

 a) which one is recommended by gurus?
 b) can I find out the path to httpd.conf via Apache::Server?

Thanks,

-Aaron