[MacPorts] howto/MAMP modified

[Daniel J. Luke]

On Nov 19, 2010, at 8:02 AM, Jeremy Lavergne wrote:
> 
>> +However, the purpose of launchd is to notice processes that stop without its knowledge, and to restart them. So if you use apachectl -k restart, launchd may notice apache "crashing" and restart it itself, confusing apachectl. Instead, you may want to use launchctl to unload apache2, then load it again. This will result in a short interruption of service.
>> +
>> +This is done by using 
>> +
>> +{{{
>> +sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.apache2.plist
>> +}}}
>> +
>> +to stop apache and then using
>> +
>> +{{{
>> +sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.apache2.plist
>> +}}}
>> +
>> +to start it again.
>> +
> 
> Would port load and port unload suffice?

I think so.

You can also just 'stop' apache with apachectl and launchd will restart it...

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