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6 lighttpd - a fast, secure and flexible web server
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9 lighttpd [-ptDvVh] -f configfile [-m moduledir]
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12 lighttpd (pronounced 'lighty') is an advanced HTTP daemon that aims to
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15 FastCGI, CGI, basic and digest HTTP authentication, output compression,
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18 This manual page only lists the command line arguments. For details on
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26 Load configuration file configfile.
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32 -p Print the parsed configuration file in its internal form and
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37 -tt Test the configuration file for syntax errors, load and ini‐
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46 -1 Process single (one) request on stdin socket, then exit.
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55 /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
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63 Online Documentation: https://red‐
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68 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1, RFC 2616.
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72 The Common Gateway Interface Version 1.1, RFC 3875.
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77 Jan Kneschke <jan@kneschke.de>
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