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    34  <table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Caches a static list of files in memory</td></tr>
    35  <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
    36  <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>file_cache_module</td></tr>
    37  <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_file_cache.c</td></tr></table>
    38  <h3>Summary</h3>
    39  
    40  
    41      <div class="warning">
    42        This module should be used with care. You can easily create a broken
    43        site using <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_file_cache.html">mod_file_cache</a></code>, so read this document
    44        carefully.
    45      </div>
    46  
    47      <p><em>Caching</em> frequently requested files that change very
    48      infrequently is a technique for reducing server load.
    49      <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_file_cache.html">mod_file_cache</a></code> provides two techniques for caching
    50      frequently requested <em>static</em> files. Through configuration
    51      directives, you can direct <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_file_cache.html">mod_file_cache</a></code> to either
    52      open then <code>mmap()</code> a file, or to pre-open a file and save
    53      the file's open <em>file handle</em>. Both techniques reduce server
    54      load when processing requests for these files by doing part of the work
    55      (specifically, the file I/O) for serving the file when the
    56      server is started rather than during each request.</p>
    57  
    58      <p>Notice: You cannot use this for speeding up CGI programs or
    59      other files which are served by special content handlers. It
    60      can only be used for regular files which are usually served by
    61      the Apache core content handler.</p>
    62  
    63      <p>This module is an extension of and borrows heavily from the
    64      <code>mod_mmap_static</code> module in Apache 1.3.</p>
    65  </div>
    66  <div id="quickview"><h3>Topics</h3>
    67  <ul id="topics">
    68  <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#using">Using mod_file_cache</a></li>
    69  </ul><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
    70  <ul id="toc">
    71  <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cachefile">CacheFile</a></li>
    72  <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#mmapfile">MMapFile</a></li>
    73  </ul>
    74  <ul class="seealso"><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
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    76  <div class="section">
    77  <h2><a name="using" id="using">Using mod_file_cache</a></h2>
    78  
    79      <p><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_file_cache.html">mod_file_cache</a></code> caches a list of statically
    80      configured files via <code class="directive"><a href="#mmapfile">MMapFile</a></code> or <code class="directive"><a href="#cachefile">CacheFile</a></code> directives in the main server configuration.</p>
    81  
    82      <p>Not all platforms support both directives. You will receive an error
    83      message in the server error log if you attempt to use an
    84      unsupported directive. If given an unsupported directive, the
    85      server will start but the file will not be cached. On platforms
    86      that support both directives, you should experiment with both to
    87      see which works best for you.</p>
    88  
    89      <h3>MMapFile Directive</h3>
    90  
    91        <p>The <code class="directive"><a href="#mmapfile">MMapFile</a></code>
    92        directive of <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_file_cache.html">mod_file_cache</a></code> maps a list of
    93        statically configured files into memory through the system call
    94        <code>mmap()</code>. This system call is available on most modern
    95        Unix derivates, but not on all. There are sometimes system-specific
    96        limits on the size and number of files that can be
    97        <code>mmap()</code>ed, experimentation is probably the easiest way
    98        to find out.</p>
    99  
   100        <p>This <code>mmap()</code>ing is done once at server start or
   101        restart, only. So whenever one of the mapped files changes on the
   102        filesystem you <em>have</em> to restart the server (see the <a href="../stopping.html">Stopping and Restarting</a> documentation).
   103        To reiterate that point: if the files are modified <em>in place</em>
   104        without restarting the server you may end up serving requests that
   105        are completely bogus. You should update files by unlinking the old
   106        copy and putting a new copy in place. Most tools such as
   107        <code>rdist</code> and <code>mv</code> do this. The reason why this
   108        modules doesn't take care of changes to the files is that this check
   109        would need an extra <code>stat()</code> every time which is a waste
   110        and against the intent of I/O reduction.</p>
   111      
   112  
   113      <h3>CacheFile Directive</h3>
   114  
   115        <p>The <code class="directive"><a href="#cachefile">CacheFile</a></code>
   116        directive of <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_file_cache.html">mod_file_cache</a></code> opens an active
   117        <em>handle</em> or <em>file descriptor</em> to the file (or files)
   118        listed in the configuration directive and places these open file
   119        handles in the cache. When the file is requested, the server
   120        retrieves the handle from the cache and passes it to the
   121        <code>sendfile()</code> (or <code>TransmitFile()</code> on Windows),
   122        socket API.</p>
   123  
   124        
   125  
   126        <p>This file handle caching is done once at server start or
   127        restart, only. So whenever one of the cached files changes on
   128        the filesystem you <em>have</em> to restart the server (see the
   129        <a href="../stopping.html">Stopping and Restarting</a>
   130        documentation). To reiterate that point: if the files are
   131        modified <em>in place</em> without restarting the server you
   132        may end up serving requests that are completely bogus. You
   133        should update files by unlinking the old copy and putting a new
   134        copy in place. Most tools such as <code>rdist</code> and
   135        <code>mv</code> do this.</p>
   136      
   137  
   138      <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
   139        <p>Don't bother asking for a directive which recursively
   140        caches all the files in a directory. Try this instead... See the 
   141        <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#include">Include</a></code> directive, and consider
   142        this command:</p>
   143  
   144        <div class="example"><p><code>
   145          find /www/htdocs -type f -print \<br />
   146          | sed -e 's/.*/mmapfile &amp;/' &gt; /www/conf/mmap.conf
   147        </code></p></div>
   148      </div>
   149  </div>
   150  <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
   151  <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CacheFile" id="CacheFile">CacheFile</a> <a name="cachefile" id="cachefile">Directive</a></h2>
   152  <table class="directive">
   153  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Cache a list of file handles at startup time</td></tr>
   154  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CacheFile <var>file-path</var> [<var>file-path</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
   155  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
   156  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
   157  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_file_cache</td></tr>
   158  </table>
   159      <p>The <code class="directive">CacheFile</code> directive opens handles to
   160      one or more files (given as whitespace separated arguments) and
   161      places these handles into the cache at server startup
   162      time. Handles to cached files are automatically closed on a server
   163      shutdown.  When the files have changed on the filesystem, the
   164      server should be restarted to re-cache them.</p>
   165  
   166      <p>Be careful with the <var>file-path</var> arguments: They have
   167      to literally match the filesystem path Apache's URL-to-filename
   168      translation handlers create. We cannot compare inodes or other
   169      stuff to match paths through symbolic links <em>etc.</em>
   170      because that again would cost extra <code>stat()</code> system
   171      calls which is not acceptable. This module may or may not work
   172      with filenames rewritten by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html">mod_alias</a></code> or
   173      <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code>.</p>
   174  
   175      <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
   176        CacheFile /usr/local/apache/htdocs/index.html
   177      </code></p></div>
   178  
   179  </div>
   180  <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
   181  <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="MMapFile" id="MMapFile">MMapFile</a> <a name="mmapfile" id="mmapfile">Directive</a></h2>
   182  <table class="directive">
   183  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Map a list of files into memory at startup time</td></tr>
   184  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>MMapFile <var>file-path</var> [<var>file-path</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
   185  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
   186  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr>
   187  <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_file_cache</td></tr>
   188  </table>
   189      <p>The <code class="directive">MMapFile</code> directive maps one or more files
   190      (given as whitespace separated arguments) into memory at server
   191      startup time. They are automatically unmapped on a server
   192      shutdown. When the files have changed on the filesystem at
   193      least a <code>HUP</code> or <code>USR1</code> signal should be send to
   194      the server to re-<code>mmap()</code> them.</p>
   195  
   196      <p>Be careful with the <var>file-path</var> arguments: They have
   197      to literally match the filesystem path Apache's URL-to-filename
   198      translation handlers create. We cannot compare inodes or other
   199      stuff to match paths through symbolic links <em>etc.</em>
   200      because that again would cost extra <code>stat()</code> system
   201      calls which is not acceptable. This module may or may not work
   202      with filenames rewritten by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html">mod_alias</a></code> or
   203      <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code>.</p>
   204  
   205      <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
   206        MMapFile /usr/local/apache/htdocs/index.html
   207      </code></p></div>
   208  
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