Re: Removing class of objects from cache

On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Thomas Keusch wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I'm running Squid 2.2-STABLE4 on FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE on my home LAN server.
> The box serves about 3-5 boxes only, so spool size is rather limited.
>
> As I updated two Debian boxes via apt-get/http, I now have somewhere between
> 200 and 300 MB of Debian Packages in the cache, which outdate very quickly
> and after installation aren't much useful anyway.
>
> Is there some way to remove all *.deb objects from the cache?
>
> I heard of a "client" utility, but it has no manpage and "--help" doesn't
> seem to offer an option to remove stuff from the cache.
>
> Or is refresh_pattern the way to go? If so, what would be a good setting?
> Will the object be removed immediately, or when the cache begins approaching
> the high water mark for the cache_dir size?
>
>
> Any clues greatly appreciated

        cd /usr/local/squid
        awk '{print $7}' logs/access.log \
            | grep '\.deb' \
            | xargs bin/client -m PURGE

(or something like that)

Duane W.
Received on Fri Mar 31 2000 - 10:38:41 MST