Re: [squid-users] Howto Clear Cache Periodicaly

Hi,

Alexander Grüner wrote:
>> was wondering if there were a way to tell squid to clean cache
>> periodicaly?! So I would not have to do it myself.
>
> I am doing this with a cron job in the middle of the night. You might
> adjust your paths perhaps. Downtime is just about a few seconds.
>
> Works on SuSE Linux 9.2:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # delete Squid Cache
> # Alexander Grüner
> #
> #
> killall -9 squid
> rm /var/run/squid.pid
> mv /var/cache/squid /var/cache/squid.old
> mkdir /var/cache/squid
> chown squid:root /var/cache/squid
> squid -z 2>&1 | grep -v "Creating Swap"
> rcsquid start 2>&1 | grep -v done
> rm -rf /var/cache/squid.old
>
> Perhaps there is even a better idea ?

Surely this defeats the object of having a cache! Why not just run
without squid? If you need it for logging, just use a null cache_dir!

If you're having problems with it growing too large then set cache_dir
appropriately!

Maybe I've missed something but I really can't see the point in this. I
currently have three 9Gb spindles running at 6.9Gb each and I'd hate to
clear them!

                                Neil.

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