esprit currently supports WebDAV through Apache; however, there will be a WebDAV interface similar to cPanel’s “Web Disk” component. This will allow remote access to the filesystem from your desktop, without having to login to the control panel. A rough cut of esprit’s WebDAV interface should be up by the weekend. This revolves around the File module and is actually a direct interface into esprit’s API.
Additional modifications have been made to Apache (the Web server) to skip configuration rebuild when necessary called a fast restart. This modified start-up type shaves 30 seconds off the total restart time. Configuration files will now be checked before a reload/restart as well. In the event of a syntax error, the Web server will postpone reloading. Finally, before starting the Apache up again, the server will wait up to 15 seconds for all processes to exit. This is a workaround for the case when a restart occurs before Apache has had the opportunity to shutdown 100% (still processing the remains of a requests). The added pause is introduced in response to a false positive last night.