Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-users-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 59946 invoked from network); 6 Jul 2004 17:02:26 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 6 Jul 2004 17:02:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 44510 invoked by uid 500); 6 Jul 2004 16:47:11 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-users-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 44393 invoked by uid 500); 6 Jul 2004 16:47:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: users@httpd.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Delivered-To: mailing list users@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 44127 invoked by uid 99); 6 Jul 2004 16:47:04 -0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.6 required=10.0 tests=NO_REAL_NAME X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [24.24.2.58] (HELO ms-smtp-04.nyroc.rr.com) (24.24.2.58) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.27.1) with ESMTP; Tue, 06 Jul 2004 09:47:03 -0700 Received: from ms-mss-04 ([10.10.4.34]) by ms-smtp-04.nyroc.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i66Gkkt2016790 for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 12:46:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from nyroc.rr.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ms-mss-04.nyroc.rr.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003)) with ESMTP id <0I0F00260VXXG6@ms-mss-04.nyroc.rr.com> for users@httpd.apache.org; Tue, 06 Jul 2004 12:46:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.10.6.29] (Forwarded-For: [24.97.130.2]) by ms-mss-04.nyroc.rr.com (mshttpd); Tue, 06 Jul 2004 12:46:45 -0400 Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 12:46:45 -0400 From: cnelson@nycap.rr.com To: users@httpd.apache.org Reply-to: cnelson@nycap.rr.com Message-id: <4bace14bc193.4bc1934bace1@nyroc.rr.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: iPlanet Messenger Express 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Virus-Checked: Checked Subject: Re: RE: [users@httpd] Clean shutdown of httpd X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N > > When I shut down httpd, any browsers pointed at it remain > > frozen on the last page they displayed. Is there any way to > > get httpd to serve out an "I'm going away" page so that the > > user gets a nice notification that something happened instead > > of the browser just seeming to go kerflewy? > > Read up a bit on how the web works: > http://www.garshol.priv.no/download/text/http-tut.html I've got an MS in Computer Science. I think I'm fine. I was looking for some Apache httpd trick or something that wasn't obvious to me. > Basically, your browser is not "frozen" - it's not like a TV set that > was tuned to the website, it's more like a newspaper you had delivered > to your house. A newspaper on your kitchen table doesn't vanish if the > newspaper firm closes down, does it? I know that's how it _works_ but I think that users _perceive_ it more like the TV station. When the signals goes away, I want at least snow so I can tell that something changed. > ... > What went kerflewey, BTW? Did you actually get an error? ... No, from the user's standpoint, the "system" stopped working. He/she was looking at data and it stopped updating (some of my screens use http-equiv to auto-refresh) or the links all went dead. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@httpd.apache.org