Re: [squid-users] Howto Clear Cache Periodicaly

I might be reading all this wrong, but couldnt you just set the max
cache size lower?

Alexander Grüner wrote:

> Hi :-)
>
>> 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 ?
>
> Regards,
> Alexander
>
Received on Tue Apr 11 2006 - 06:45:39 MDT