Re: [squid-users] Cache rebuild

On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 09:59:42PM +0000, Simon White wrote:

> cd to your cache_dir, as defined in squid.conf, and do:
>
> $ rm -rf *
>
> Then do
>
> $ /path/to/squid -z
>
> Where /path/to is usually /usr/local/bin or something like that
>
> It's a quick and dirty solution, maybe others know something more elegant.

as stated in the FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-7.html#ss7.3),
you can do it faster:
stop squid, then overwrite the swap.state file for every cache_dir defined
in your squid.conf with "one byte of garbage", then start squid.

-- 
Alberto Brealey
beto@inalambrica.net