From: Daniel Earl Poirier <poirier@apache.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 22:46:32 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Correct the instructions for stopping an Apache server
X-Git-Tag: 2.3.9~136
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5b1c13df76f770f1c30ee025b13320d0c1954791;p=apache

Correct the instructions for stopping an Apache server
running in a Windows console.  Reported by jhannwong.
PR47325


git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@1031312 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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diff --git a/docs/manual/platform/windows.xml b/docs/manual/platform/windows.xml
index 7e91c6cd46..2011d46196 100644
--- a/docs/manual/platform/windows.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/platform/windows.xml
@@ -550,15 +550,19 @@
     shortcut starts the service. If the Apache service is running
     already, the shortcut doesn't do anything.</p>
 
-    <p>You can tell a running Apache to stop by opening another console
+    <p>If Apache is running as a service, you can tell it to stop by opening another console
     window and entering:</p>
 
     <example>
       httpd.exe -k shutdown
     </example>
 
-    <p>This should be preferred over pressing Control-C because this
-    lets Apache end any current operations and clean up gracefully.</p>
+    <p>Running as a service should be preferred over running in a
+    console window because this lets Apache end any current operations
+    and clean up gracefully.</p>
+
+    <p>But if the server is running in a console window, you can
+    only stop it by pressing Control-C in the same window.</p>
 
     <p>You can also tell Apache to restart. This forces it to reread
     the configuration file. Any operations in progress are allowed to
@@ -570,7 +574,7 @@
       httpd.exe -k restart
     </example>
 
-    <p>in any other console window.</p>
+    <p>if the server is running as a service.</p>
 
     <note>Note for people familiar with the Unix version of Apache:
     these commands provide a Windows equivalent to <code>kill -TERM