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Posted to cvs@httpd.apache.org by pc...@hyperreal.org on 1998/03/21 18:00:56 UTC
cvs commit: apache-1.3/htdocs/manual windows.html
pcs 98/03/21 09:00:56
Modified: htdocs/manual windows.html
Log:
Various updates: add libap to the list of required libraries. Remove
reference to StartServers. Change links to mod_dll to mod_so.
Revision Changes Path
1.12 +14 -16 apache-1.3/htdocs/manual/windows.html
Index: windows.html
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RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apache-1.3/htdocs/manual/windows.html,v
retrieving revision 1.11
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -r1.11 -r1.12
--- windows.html 1998/02/05 21:19:54 1.11
+++ windows.html 1998/03/21 17:00:54 1.12
@@ -104,12 +104,11 @@
<P>Project files (<CODE>.DSP</CODE>) are included for each of the
portions of Apache. The three projects that are necessary for
- Apache to run are <CODE>Apache.dsp</CODE>,
- <CODE>ApacheCore.dsp</CODE> and
- <CODE>os/win32/ApacheOS.dsp</CODE>. The regular expression library
- in <CODE>regex</CODE> also need to be compiled using the supplied
- makefile. The <CODE>src/win32</CODE> subdirectory contains project
- files for the optional modules (see below).</P>
+ Apache to run are <CODE>Apache.dsp</CODE>, <CODE>ap/ap.dsp</CODE>,
+ <CODE>regex/regex.dsp</CODE>, <CODE>ApacheCore.dsp</CODE> and
+ <CODE>os/win32/ApacheOS.dsp</CODE>. The <CODE>src/win32</CODE>
+ subdirectory contains project files for the optional modules (see
+ below).</P>
<H2><A name="inst">Installing Apache for Windows</A></H2>
@@ -156,13 +155,12 @@
<UL>
<LI><P>Because Apache for Windows is multithreaded, it does not use a
separate process for each request, as Apache does with
- Unix. Therefore, the "process"-management directives are different:
- <P><A HREF="mod/core.html#startservers">StartServers</A> - This
- tells the server how many processes to use. Unlike Unix, there
- will never be more than this number, and only one will be used
- at a time (the others will be held in reserve in case the main
- processes crashes or otherwise dies). The recommended default is
- <CODE>StartServers 3</CODE>.
+ Unix. Instead there are usually only two Apache processes running:
+ a parent process, and a child which handles the requests. Within
+ the child each request is handled by a separate thread.
+ <P>
+
+ So the "process"-management directives are different:
<P><A
HREF="mod/core.html#maxrequestsperchild">MaxRequestsPerChild</A>
- Like the Unix directive, this controls how many requests a
@@ -186,15 +184,15 @@
without recompiling the server. If Apache is compiled normally, it
will install a number of optional modules in the
<CODE>\Apache\modules</CODE> directory. To activate these, or other
- modules, the new <A HREF="mod/mod_dll.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</A>
+ modules, the new <A HREF="mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</A>
directive must be used. For example, to active the status module,
use the following (in addition to the status-activating directives
in <CODE>access.conf</CODE>):</P>
<PRE>
LoadModule status_module modules/ApacheModuleStatus.dll
</PRE>
- <P>Information on <A HREF="mod/mod_dll.html#creating">creating module
- DLLs</A> is also available.</P>
+ <P>Information on <A HREF="mod/mod_so.html#creating">creating loadable
+ modules</A> is also available.</P>
<LI><P>Apache can also load ISAPI Extensions (i.e., Internet Server
Applications), such as those used by Microsoft's IIS, and other
Windows servers. <A HREF="mod/mod_isapi.html">More information