Add a CoreDumpDirectory directive to allow users to specify where Apache

should try to core dump.

Reviewed by:	Brian Behlendorf, Dean Gaudet
Submitted by:
Obtained from:

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@78880 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/core.html b/docs/manual/mod/core.html
index c03d52b9403a4db964817c5bc75932664029611a..71d81808f95aec721d924d4ee3fa04e41ac61cf9 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/mod/core.html
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/core.html
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ always available.
 <li><A HREF="#authtype">AuthType</A>
 <li><A HREF="#bindaddress">BindAddress</A>
 <li><A HREF="#clearmodulelist">ClearModuleList</A>
+<li><A HREF="#coredumpdirectory">CoreDumpDirectory</A>
 <li><A HREF="#defaulttype">DefaultType</A>
 <li><A HREF="#directory">&lt;Directory&gt;</A>
 <li><A HREF="#directorymatch">&lt;DirectoryMatch&gt;</A>
@@ -265,6 +266,20 @@ The server comes with a built-in list of active modules.  This
 directive clears the list.  It is assumed that the list will then be
 re-populated using the <A HREF="#addmodule">AddModule</A> directive.<p><hr>
 
+<h2><A name="coredumpdirectory">CoreDumpDirectory directive</A></h2>
+<!--%plaintext &lt;?INDEX {\tt CoreDumpDirectory} directive&gt; -->
+<strong>Syntax:</strong> CoreDumpDirectory <em>directory</em><br>
+<strong>Default:</strong> the same location as ServerRoot<br>
+<strong>Context:</strong> server config<br>
+<strong>Status:</strong> core<p>
+
+This controls the directory to which Apache attempts to switch before
+dumping core.  The default is in the <A HREF="#serverroot">ServerRoot</A>
+directory, however since this should not be writable by the user
+the server runs as, core dumps won't normally get written.  If you
+want a core dump for debugging, you can use this directive to place
+it in a different location.<p><hr>
+
 <h2><A name="defaulttype">DefaultType directive</A></h2>
 <!--%plaintext &lt;?INDEX {\tt DefaultType} directive&gt; -->
 <strong>Syntax:</strong> DefaultType <em>mime-type</em><br>

diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/directives.html b/docs/manual/mod/directives.html
index 44725d33d559013319eb1016a190acb7250ef941..53e2b20d695542b941f899433fafc92c570baabc 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/manual/mod/directives.html
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/directives.html
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 <li><A HREF="mod_cookies.html#cookielog">CookieLog</A> (mod_cookies)
 <li><A HREF="mod_log_config.html#cookielog">CookieLog</A> (mod_log_config)
 <li><A HREF="mod_usertrack.html#cookietracking">CookieTracking</A>
+<li><A HREF="core.html#coredumpdirectory">CoreDumpDirectory</A>
 <li><A HREF="mod_log_config.html#customlog">CustomLog</A>
 <li><A HREF="mod_autoindex.html#defaulticon">DefaultIcon</A>
 <li><A HREF="core.html#defaulttype">DefaultType</A>