child processes or threads to handle requests.</p>
<p>In general, <code>httpd</code> should not be invoked directly,
- but rather should be invoked via <a href="apachectl.html">apachectl</a> on unix systems or as an NT
- service under win32.</p>
+ but rather should be invoked via <a href="apachectl.html">apachectl</a> on Unix-based systems or <a href="../platform/windows.html#winsvc">as a service on Windows NT,
+ 2000 and XP</a> and <a href="../platform/windows.html#wincons">as
+ a console application on Windows 9x and ME</a>.</p>
</div>
<div id="quickview"><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#synopsis">Synopsis</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#options">Options</a></li>
-</ul><h3>See also</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="../invoking.html">Starting Apache</a></li><li><a href="../stopping.html">Stopping Apache</a></li><li><a href="../configuring.html">Configuration Files</a></li><li><a href="../platform/">Platform Docs</a></li><li><a href="apachectl.html">apachectl</a></li></ul></div>
+</ul><h3>See also</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="../invoking.html">Starting Apache</a></li><li><a href="../stopping.html">Stopping Apache</a></li><li><a href="../configuring.html">Configuration Files</a></li><li><a href="../platform/">Platform-specific Documentation</a></li><li><a href="apachectl.html">apachectl</a></li></ul></div>
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<div class="section">
<h2><a name="synopsis" id="synopsis">Synopsis</a></h2>
-<strong>t </strong>] [ -<strong>v </strong>] [ -<strong>V
</strong>] [ -<strong>X </strong>]</code></p>
- <p>On <a href="../platform/windows.html">Win32 systems</a>, the
+ <p>On <a href="../platform/windows.html">Windows systems</a>, the
following additional arguments are available:</p>
<p><code><strong>httpd </strong> [ -<strong>k </strong>
</dl>
-<p>The following arguments are available only on the <a href="../platform/windows.html">win32 platform</a>:</p>
+<p>The following arguments are available only on the <a href="../platform/windows.html">Windows platform</a>:</p>
<dl>
<dt><code>-w</code></dt>
-<dd>Hold the console window open on error so that the error message can
+<dd>Keep the console window open on error so that the error message can
be read.</dd>
</dl>
<p>In general, <code>httpd</code> should not be invoked directly,
but rather should be invoked via <a
- href="apachectl.html">apachectl</a> on unix systems or as an NT
- service under win32.</p>
+ href="apachectl.html">apachectl</a> on Unix-based systems or <a
+ href="../platform/windows.html#winsvc">as a service on Windows NT,
+ 2000 and XP</a> and <a href="../platform/windows.html#wincons">as
+ a console application on Windows 9x and ME</a>.</p>
</summary>
<seealso><a href="../invoking.html">Starting Apache</a></seealso>
<seealso><a href="../stopping.html">Stopping Apache</a></seealso>
<seealso><a href="../configuring.html">Configuration Files</a></seealso>
-<seealso><a href="../platform/">Platform Docs</a></seealso>
+<seealso><a href="../platform/">Platform-specific Documentation</a></seealso>
<seealso><a href="apachectl.html">apachectl</a></seealso>
<section id="synopsis"><title>Synopsis</title>
-<strong>t </strong>] [ -<strong>v </strong>] [ -<strong>V
</strong>] [ -<strong>X </strong>]</code></p>
- <p>On <a href="../platform/windows.html">Win32 systems</a>, the
+ <p>On <a href="../platform/windows.html">Windows systems</a>, the
following additional arguments are available:</p>
<p><code><strong>httpd </strong> [ -<strong>k </strong>
</dl>
<p>The following arguments are available only on the <a
-href="../platform/windows.html">win32 platform</a>:</p>
+href="../platform/windows.html">Windows platform</a>:</p>
<dl>
<dt><code>-w</code></dt>
-<dd>Hold the console window open on error so that the error message can
+<dd>Keep the console window open on error so that the error message can
be read.</dd>
</dl>