Re: How to start squid?

        I'm just curious... I've seen a bunch of different ways
for people to make sure that their squid is continuously running,
but doesn't anyone out there simply use the RunCache script that comes
with the distribution? If not, why not?

        Regards,

        Ed

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On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Duane Wessels wrote:
> mw@globe.de writes:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >I am thinking about the best and most secure way to start squid.
> >This time, I start it from a script that is invoked once at boot time, but
> >that does not satisfy me. Because if due to any circumstance stopping squid,
> >it is never re-started. How can I manage to be sure squid is always up?
> 
> If your machine has /etc/inittab, run it from that.
> 
> cs:3:respawn:/usr/local/squid/bin/squid.sh < /dev/null >> /tmp/squid.log 2>&1
> 
> 
> /usr/local/squid/bin/squid.sh:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/squid/bin
> notify=webmaster
> cd /usr/local/squid
> umask 022
> /usr/bin/tail -20 logs/cache.log \
>   | /usr/bin/Mail -s "Squid restart on `hostname` at `date`" $notify
> sleep 10
> while [ -f /tmp/nosquid ]; do
> 	sleep 1
> done
> exec /usr/bin/su nobody -c "exec squid -C >> squid.out 2>&1"
>