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|  Topic: Shutdown vs stop command |  |  
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| s.pellegrino 
 
 
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|  Posted: Wed 09 Sep '20 11:56    Post subject: Shutdown vs stop command |   |  
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| What command should I use to get a "graceful" shutdown of Apache under Windows 10 ? 
 
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| James Blond Moderator
 
  
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|  Posted: Wed 09 Sep '20 14:09    Post subject: |   |  
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| -k shutdown is the same as -k stop. It is maintained only for backward compatibility (On Windows). A shutdown is always graceful on windows as long it doesn't take longer than 30 seconds.
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