<p>In order to stop or restart Apache, you must send a signal to
the running <code>httpd</code> processes. There are two ways to
send the signals. First, you can use the unix <code>kill</code>
- command to directly send signals to the processes. You will
+ command to directly send signals to the processes. You will
notice many <code>httpd</code> executables running on your system,
but you should not send signals to any of them except the parent,
whose pid is in the <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/mpm_common.html#pidfile">PidFile</a></code>. That is to say you
shouldn't ever need to send signals to any process except the
parent. There are three signals that you can send the parent:
- <code>TERM</code>, <code>HUP</code>, and <code>USR1</code>, which
+ <a href="#term"><code>TERM</code></a>,
+ <a href="#hup"><code>HUP</code></a>, and
+ <a href="#graceful"><code>USR1</code></a>, which
will be described in a moment.</p>
<p>To send a signal to the parent you should issue a command
<p>In order to stop or restart Apache, you must send a signal to
the running <code>httpd</code> processes. There are two ways to
send the signals. First, you can use the unix <code>kill</code>
- command to directly send signals to the processes. You will
+ command to directly send signals to the processes. You will
notice many <code>httpd</code> executables running on your system,
but you should not send signals to any of them except the parent,
whose pid is in the <directive
module="mpm_common">PidFile</directive>. That is to say you
shouldn't ever need to send signals to any process except the
parent. There are three signals that you can send the parent:
- <code>TERM</code>, <code>HUP</code>, and <code>USR1</code>, which
+ <a href="#term"><code>TERM</code></a>,
+ <a href="#hup"><code>HUP</code></a>, and
+ <a href="#graceful"><code>USR1</code></a>, which
will be described in a moment.</p>
<p>To send a signal to the parent you should issue a command