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<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>Apache</application> package provides
<command>ab</command>,
<command>apachectl</command>,
<command>apr-config</command>,
<command>apu-config</command>,
<command>apxs</command>,
<command>checkgid</command>,
<command>dbmmanage</command>,
<command>htdbm</command>,
<command>htdigest</command>,
<command>htpasswd</command>,
<command>httpd</command>,
<command>instdso.sh</command>,
<command>logresolve</command>,
<command>rotatelogs</command>,
<filename class="libraryfile">libapr</filename>,
<filename class="libraryfile">libaprutil</filename> and
various modules.</para>
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<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>ab</title>
<para><command>ab</command> is a tool for benchmarking your
<application>Apache</application> <acronym>HTTP</acronym> server.
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<sect3><title>apachectl</title>
<para><command>apachectl</command> is a front end to the
<application>Apache</application> <acronym>HTTP</acronym> 
server which is designed to help the administrator control the
functioning of the <application>Apache</application> httpd daemon.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>apxs</title>
<para><command>apxs</command> 
is a tool for building and installing extension modules for the
<application>Apache</application> <acronym>HTTP</acronym> server.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>dbmmanage</title>
<para><command>dbmmanage</command> is used to create and update the
<filename>DBM</filename> format files used to store usernames and password  
for basic authentication of <acronym>HTTP</acronym>
users.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>htdigest</title>
<para><command>htdigest</command> is used to create and update the
flat-files used to store usernames, realm and password for digest 
authentication of <acronym>HTTP</acronym> users.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>htpasswd</title>
<para><command>htpasswd</command> is used to create and update the
flat-files used to store usernames and password for basic authentication of 
<acronym>HTTP</acronym> users.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>httpd</title>
<para><command>httpd</command> is the <application>Apache</application> <acronym>HTTP</acronym>
server program.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>instdso.sh</title>
<para><command>instdso.sh</command> is a script which installs
<application>Apache</application> <acronym>DSO</acronym> modules.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>logresolve</title>
<para><command>logresolve</command> is a post-processing program to
resolve <acronym>IP</acronym>-addresses in <application>Apache</application>'s access log files.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>rotatelogs</title>
<para><command>rotatelogs</command> is a simple program for use in
conjunction with <application>Apache</application>'s piped log file feature.</para></sect3>

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