Apachectl help

[infinitetrekker]

Hello,

I am working on Apache2, and am up to the 'test' phase of the process.

Anyway

I accidental sent the apachectl file to acapche2 instead of apache2:

[rootlocalhost sbin]# mv apachectl /acpache2

I should have done: mv apachectl /usr/local/apache2/bin

That didn't happen..

I echoed ; echo ./apachectl
./apachectl

Sooo, I know its alive, just have no idea where, help? I need to get this file back to start the HTTP Sever.

[meton_magis]

Hello,

I am working on Apache2, and am up to the 'test' phase of the process.

Anyway

I accidental sent the apachectl file to acapche2 instead of apache2:

[rootlocalhost sbin]# mv apachectl /acpache2

I should have done: mv apachectl /usr/local/apache2/bin

That didn't happen..

I echoed ; echo ./apachectl
./apachectl

Sooo, I know its alive, just have no idea where, help? I need to get this file back to start the HTTP Sever.

how did you install apache? what distro and version are you using?

typing

echo ./apachectl

just tells the computer to print out the characters ./apachectl, it doesn't look for them. try

ls ./apachectl

to see if the file is there.

if you did

mv apachectl /acpache2

you should be able to do

mv /acpache2 apachectl

to undo it.

[infinitetrekker]

Thanks for your reply, I used Fedora Red Hat. I installed using source. I found the file and mv it to the correct directory. I am now stuck with the starting the program.. help?

[meton_magis]

you shouldn't move around binaries after an application is built. If you want the files to be executable without the absolute path, you can either symlink them somewhere else, or add the new directory to your $PATH

I would suggest you remove all the files, and rebuild it in the location you want. You can change where it installes with the --prefix option durring the ./configure step.

 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache2/

you can run ./configure --help to see all available options, but it is quite long, and can be overwhelming.

[indiver]

can you post the exact error message while starting apache!