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Modified: htdocs/manual configuring.html
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Index: configuring.html
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RCS file: /home/cvs/httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/configuring.html,v
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--- configuring.html 2000/09/12 16:29:56 1.2
+++ configuring.html 2000/09/21 21:23:10 1.3
@@ -37,12 +37,19 @@
<H2>Syntax of the Configuration Files</H2>
+<P>Apache configuration files contain one directive per line. The
+back-slash "\" may be used as the last character on a line to indicate
+that the directive continues onto the next line. There must be no
+other characters or white space between the back-slash and the end of
+the line. To end a line with a literal back-slash, you can escape it
+by preceding it with a second back-slash "\\".
+
<P>Directives in the configuration files are case-insensitive, but
arguments to directives are often case sensitive. Lines which begin
with the hash character "#" are considered comments, and are ignored.
-Comments may <STRONG>not</STRONG> be included on a line after a configuration
-directive. White space occurring before a directive
-is ignored, so you may indent directives for clarity.
+Comments may <STRONG>not</STRONG> be included on a line after a
+configuration directive. Blank lines and white space occurring before
+a directive are ignored, so you may indent directives for clarity.
<P>You can check your configuration files for syntax errors without
starting the server by using <CODE>apachectl configtest</CODE>
@@ -59,7 +66,7 @@
use <A HREF="dso.html">dynamically loaded</A> modules, then modules
can be compiled separately and added at any time using the <A
HREF="mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</A> directive.
-Otherwise, apache must be recompiled to add or remove modules.
+Otherwise, Apache must be recompiled to add or remove modules.
<P>To see which modules are currently compiled into the server,
you can use the <CODE>-l</CODE> command line option.
Modified: htdocs/manual configuring.html
Log:
Add information about line continuation.
Revision Changes Path
1.3 +11 -4 httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/configuring.html
Index: configuring.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/httpd-docs-1.3/htdocs/manual/configuring.html,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- configuring.html 2000/09/12 16:29:56 1.2
+++ configuring.html 2000/09/21 21:23:10 1.3
@@ -37,12 +37,19 @@
<H2>Syntax of the Configuration Files</H2>
+<P>Apache configuration files contain one directive per line. The
+back-slash "\" may be used as the last character on a line to indicate
+that the directive continues onto the next line. There must be no
+other characters or white space between the back-slash and the end of
+the line. To end a line with a literal back-slash, you can escape it
+by preceding it with a second back-slash "\\".
+
<P>Directives in the configuration files are case-insensitive, but
arguments to directives are often case sensitive. Lines which begin
with the hash character "#" are considered comments, and are ignored.
-Comments may <STRONG>not</STRONG> be included on a line after a configuration
-directive. White space occurring before a directive
-is ignored, so you may indent directives for clarity.
+Comments may <STRONG>not</STRONG> be included on a line after a
+configuration directive. Blank lines and white space occurring before
+a directive are ignored, so you may indent directives for clarity.
<P>You can check your configuration files for syntax errors without
starting the server by using <CODE>apachectl configtest</CODE>
@@ -59,7 +66,7 @@
use <A HREF="dso.html">dynamically loaded</A> modules, then modules
can be compiled separately and added at any time using the <A
HREF="mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</A> directive.
-Otherwise, apache must be recompiled to add or remove modules.
+Otherwise, Apache must be recompiled to add or remove modules.
<P>To see which modules are currently compiled into the server,
you can use the <CODE>-l</CODE> command line option.