Topic: want to write a C code in Windows to kill the appache.

[ashwani_ap]

Hi,

I want to write a C Code for both Windows and Linux to start and terminate the httpd.exe shown in the task manager. I am using Apache2.2.4. It reports two httpd.exe in the task manager with diff PID.

My httpd.exe location is "C:\\Apache2\\bin\\httpd.exe"

Please guide me urgently.

[James Blond]

There is no fault! httpd.exe always start two instances. One Parent and one child process. So you don't have to kill the second process.
Under Linux in prefork there can be more than 8 processes


But if you realy want to kill it (you shouldn't) you don't have to write a programm. There ist under XP and 2003 TASKKILL

taskkill /f /IM httpd.exe

it is not recommend to kill one of these processes!

[ashwani_ap]

Actually, I have one daemon which when executed in turn call a function which will invoke the Apache httpd.exe.
And when this running daemon comes down it will call another module which should bring the running apache web server cleanly.
How should I write the code in Windows. I should kill the Apache through the PID of the parent PID by using some flags, etc. I am not clear on this.

[James Blond]

kill the parent!

Apache creates while running a pid file where you can read out the pid from the parent process. Where it is located, is defined in the httpd.conf

e.g.

[ashwani_ap]

Actually,

The role of the Apache web server in my application is to just launch the GUI of my application to the clients browser once he send the request throught he "hostname:portno" that's it. After this there is no role of the server between client and server. The communication between the client and server will be through RPC, etc.
The main application daemon should control the life of the web server. If the main daemon dies it should kill the web server also.
I want write a function that will be called by the main daemon when it dies so that it will also bring the web server down.

[tdonovan]

Starting and stopping Apache from another program was discussed in this post back in March.

-tom-

[ashwani_ap]

HI,

I tried with that code. I am able to compile successfully, but that code is not starting the httpd.exe when executed.

[ashwani_ap]

I want some Code in C for Windows platform to kill all child process ( here httpd.exe) through the parent process PID. we don't know the child process PID.