[TriLUG] permlinks or redirect management in Apache

[Andy Random]

On Wed, 18 Mar 2009, Kevin Hunter wrote:

> I've gotten used to working with Debian systems that have a reload
> "functionality" in the scripts.  It's effectively this:
>
> $ /etc/init.d/apache2 reload
> # script does configtest
> # if good, script executes a graceful restart
>
> So it's the exact same thing behind the scenes as the current
> suggestion, but would be one less step for non-admins to remember.  For
> them, it's effectively atomic, which is a good thing, right?
>
> Do Redhat systems have something similar?

I'm generally a Debian user as well and far from a Red Hat expert, but I'm 
forced to use RHEL at work and

  /sbin/service httpd reload

is what we use in the office.

   Andy