[KLUG Members] apache question

[bill]

Rusty Yonkers wrote:
> I have an internal website running on a linux box.  We are doing a
> lot of updates to it right now.  To see the updates I need to restart
> the apache service.  

By "see the updates" I take it you're looking at them with a browser.

It might not be the server's cache but your browser's cache that is the 
problem.

The solution might be as simple as holding down your shift key when you 
hit "Reload" on your browser, which forces it to get a fresh copy from 
the server.

> Is there like a timeout before it will see new
> changes?  Is there a way to force it to look for new page updates
> regularly?

What is "it" you want forced to look for updates, Apache?  Most new 
connections get the newest copy.  If you've visited the site and seen 
the page before, have you tried just adding an extra GET value to the url?

http://mysite.com/mypage.html?killcache=1234

Then just keep changing the 1234 to some other number to keep seeing the 
newest version of the page.

kind regards,

bill