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authordoug <doug@cvs.openbsd.org>2014-08-06 02:31:48 +0000
committerdoug <doug@cvs.openbsd.org>2014-08-06 02:31:48 +0000
commit968f4ec441075165e3c88bef55f7100dc88549db (patch)
tree75acb2f27d179976e7f56513bd124dc351a3271b /usr.sbin/httpd
parenta272708f606d45e97b412e86a1675227de893faf (diff)
Explain the options in httpd.8
ok deraadt@
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-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/httpd/httpd.832
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/httpd/httpd.8 b/usr.sbin/httpd/httpd.8
index f7c9da88b39..dbbe9376c86 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/httpd/httpd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/httpd/httpd.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: httpd.8,v 1.42 2014/08/06 02:04:42 jsing Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: httpd.8,v 1.43 2014/08/06 02:31:47 doug Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2014 Reyk Floeter <reyk@openbsd.org>
.\"
@@ -24,10 +24,34 @@
.Nm
.Op Fl dnv
.Op Fl D Ar macro Ns = Ns Ar value
-.Op Fl f Ar file
+.Op Fl f Ar config_file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a simple HTTP server that serves static files.
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Dssmacro=value
+.It Fl d
+Debug mode.
+Create one server and don't detach or become a daemon.
+This allows for easy monitoring of
+.Nm .
+.It Fl n
+Check that the configuration is valid, but don't start any servers.
+.It Fl v
+Verbose mode.
+Multiple
+.Fl v
+options increases the verbosity.
+.It Fl D Ar macro Ns = Ns Ar value
+Set a
+.Ar macro
+to a
+.Ar value .
+Macros can be referenced in the configuration files.
+.It Fl f Ar config_file
+Specifies the name of the configuration file.
+.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/var/www/logs/access.logXX" -compact
.It /etc/httpd.conf
@@ -48,6 +72,10 @@ Default error log file.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr httpd.conf 5
.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm
+program first appeared in
+.Ox 5.6 .
.Nm
is based on
.Xr relayd 8 .