trouble starting apache

I browsed to cd /usr/local/apache-1.3.17/bin and typed "apachectl start" and it said bash command not found. I also tried the command, "httpd" with no luck even though I am in the directory that contains these files. How do I start apache?

Thanks!

if you specify current directory:

./apachectl start

...or add the path to $PATH

/Johan

./apachectl start, since your Apache was installed to an extremely non-standard location. If you continue this bad habit, just add /usr/local/apache-1.3.17/bin PATH to your shell.

THANKS! That worked. But... Apache was already running. Is there any other reason my web pages aren't serving up but email, ftp, telnet, etc is all working?