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		rcme on Sept 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: static-server: an HTTP server in Go for static con... I think nginx does that too; if you send it a hup signal, it will reload the config.

housemusicfan on Sept 17, 2023 [–]

Indeed, many programs interpret a kill -HUP signal as a "re-read config" command.

mholt on Sept 17, 2023 | [–]

This is problematic as when you log out your shell, HUP is sent to the web server process unintentionally...

(One reason we don't use signals in Caddy 2. So uncivilized.)

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