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authorJoshua Slive <slive@apache.org>2007-07-31 22:21:45 +0200
committerJoshua Slive <slive@apache.org>2007-07-31 22:21:45 +0200
commit1d7c1e16e187bcb118ab5b66eadc6deee0e90947 (patch)
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parentDocuemnt the x- headers added by mod_proxy_http. (diff)
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Document some -D magic.
PR: 41148 git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@561485 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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-rw-r--r--docs/manual/programs/httpd.html.en7
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2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/programs/httpd.html.en b/docs/manual/programs/httpd.html.en
index e60989baea..b243db16e8 100644
--- a/docs/manual/programs/httpd.html.en
+++ b/docs/manual/programs/httpd.html.en
@@ -94,8 +94,11 @@ files.</dd>
<dd>Sets a configuration <var>parameter </var>which can be used with
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#ifdefine">&lt;IfDefine&gt;</a></code> sections
-in the configuration files to conditionally skip or process
-commands at server startup and restart.</dd>
+in the configuration files to conditionally skip or process commands
+at server startup and restart. Also can be used to set certain
+less-common startup parameters including <code>-DNO_DETACH</code>
+(prevent the parent from forking) and <code>-DFOREGROUND</code>
+(prevent the parent from calling <code>setsid()</code> et al).</dd>
<dt><code>-e <var>level</var></code></dt>
diff --git a/docs/manual/programs/httpd.xml b/docs/manual/programs/httpd.xml
index fa3951f5de..4115f5adf6 100644
--- a/docs/manual/programs/httpd.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/programs/httpd.xml
@@ -105,8 +105,11 @@ files.</dd>
<dd>Sets a configuration <var>parameter </var>which can be used with
<directive type="section" module="core">IfDefine</directive> sections
-in the configuration files to conditionally skip or process
-commands at server startup and restart.</dd>
+in the configuration files to conditionally skip or process commands
+at server startup and restart. Also can be used to set certain
+less-common startup parameters including <code>-DNO_DETACH</code>
+(prevent the parent from forking) and <code>-DFOREGROUND</code>
+(prevent the parent from calling <code>setsid()</code> et al).</dd>
<dt><code>-e <var>level</var></code></dt>