Commit 4946534a authored by Eric Covener's avatar Eric Covener
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Merge r1031312 from https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk/: 

Correct the instructions for stopping an Apache server
running in a Windows console.  Reported by jhannwong.
PR47325



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docs/manual/platform/windows.xml

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    shortcut starts the service. If the Apache service is running

    already, the shortcut doesn't do anything.</p>



    <p>You can tell a running Apache to stop by opening another console

    <p>If Apache is running as a service, you can tell it to stop by opening another console

    window and entering:</p>



    <example>

      httpd.exe -k shutdown

    </example>



    <p>This should be preferred over pressing Control-C because this

    lets Apache end any current operations and clean up gracefully.</p>

    <p>Running as a service should be preferred over running in a

    console window because this lets Apache end any current operations

    and clean up gracefully.</p>



    <p>But if the server is running in a console window, you can

    only stop it by pressing Control-C in the same window.</p>



    <p>You can also tell Apache to restart. This forces it to reread

    the configuration file. Any operations in progress are allowed to
@@ -565,7 +569,7 @@ 
      httpd.exe -k restart

    </example>



    <p>in any other console window.</p>

    <p>if the server is running as a service.</p>



    <note>Note for people familiar with the Unix version of Apache:

    these commands provide a Windows equivalent to <code>kill -TERM