There is no httpd -k graceful on Windows. >From the Apache with Windows documentation: "You can also tell Apache to restart. This forces it to reread the configuration file. Any operations in progress are allowed to complete without interruption. To restart Apache, use: httpd.exe -k restart" The problem is that the above command is interrupting operations in progress. Gary W. Smith wrote: > > try > > httpd -k graceful > > restart, by design, should stop and start the server, without regard to > connections. > > graceful reloads the config and then reloads each thread as it becomes > inactive. > > At least that's how it was put to me at a high level. > > Gary > > ________________________________ > > From: dbezerra [mailto:dbezerra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wed 1/28/2009 2:51 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: httpd.exe -k restart command is closing connections > on Windows > > > > > When I use the command httpd.exe -k restart on Windows current HTTP > connections are closed. Is this a bug? or by desing? > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/httpd.exe--k-restart-command-is-closing-connections-on-Windows-tp21716966p21716966.html > Sent from the Apache HTTP Server - Users mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/httpd.exe--k-restart-command-is-closing-connections-on-Windows-tp21716966p21717210.html Sent from the Apache HTTP Server - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx