Re: Apache CGI jobs

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/04/2009, at 3:34 AM, Mike Cunningham wrote:

> Does anyone know if there is a command line way to make an Apache  
> instance start additional CGI jobs, but only on some days?

Not directly but you could use the configuration APIs to dynamically  
change the Apache configuration. Refer to:

	IBM HTTP Server for iSeries Web Programming Guide (rzag3mst,pdf)

> I know one solution is to remember to change the Apache config the  
> day before these special days and set it back when the day is over  
> but I know that will be missed at some point so would prefer to  
> write an app that checks the date and starts extra jobs if it is one  
> of these days.


Write code to change the configuration and restart the server.  
Schedule that for the appropriate days.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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