From: Yoshiki Hayashi httpd.conf
. The
location of this file is set at compile-time, but may be overridden
-with the -f
command line flag. In addition, other
-configuration files may be added using the Include
directive. Any
-directive may be placed in any of these configuration files. Changes
-to the main configuration files are only recognized by Apache when it
-is started or restarted.
-f
command line flag. Some sites also have
+srm.conf
and access.conf
files for historical
+reasons. In addition, other configuration files may be added using
+the Include
+directive. Any directive may be placed in any of these configuration
+files. Changes to the main configuration files are only recognized by
+Apache when it is started or restarted.
+
+New with Apache 1.3.13 is a feature where if any configuration +file is actually a directory, Apache will enter that directory +and parse any files (and subdirectories) found there as configuration +files. One possible use for this would be to add VirtualHosts +by creating small configuration files for each host, and placing +them in such a configuration directory. Thus, you can add or +remove VirtualHosts without editing any files at all, simply +adding or deleting them. This makes automating such processes +much easier.
The server also reads a file containing mime document types; the
diff --git a/docs/manual/configuring.html.en b/docs/manual/configuring.html.en
index 45525bfee3..428eb404de 100644
--- a/docs/manual/configuring.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/configuring.html.en
@@ -44,12 +44,24 @@
>directives in plain text configuration files. The main
configuration file is usually called httpd.conf
. The
location of this file is set at compile-time, but may be overridden
-with the -f
command line flag. In addition, other
-configuration files may be added using the Include
directive. Any
-directive may be placed in any of these configuration files. Changes
-to the main configuration files are only recognized by Apache when it
-is started or restarted.
-f
command line flag. Some sites also have
+srm.conf
and access.conf
files for historical
+reasons. In addition, other configuration files may be added using
+the Include
+directive. Any directive may be placed in any of these configuration
+files. Changes to the main configuration files are only recognized by
+Apache when it is started or restarted.
+
+New with Apache 1.3.13 is a feature where if any configuration +file is actually a directory, Apache will enter that directory +and parse any files (and subdirectories) found there as configuration +files. One possible use for this would be to add VirtualHosts +by creating small configuration files for each host, and placing +them in such a configuration directory. Thus, you can add or +remove VirtualHosts without editing any files at all, simply +adding or deleting them. This makes automating such processes +much easier.
The server also reads a file containing mime document types; the