Re: [squid-users] caching files - where? how to open?

Hi,

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Mrvka Andreas wrote:

> hi squid-users!
>
> squid caches internet files and stores them somewhere
> what i configured at comopilation time.
> or later on in the squid.conf.
> i, for example, store the cache at /usr/local/squid/cache.
>
> BUT!!
> now i want to for a specific file in the cache i've seen that
> this file was downloaded (seen in access.log).
> but i can't find it on hard drive??
>
> root@proxy# find /usr/local/squid/cache -name filename.ext
>
>
> so where is the file? how can i find it?

Squid uses a hash function on the complete URL to generate a fixed length
name for the file. You can't easily locate the file with the content for
that URL. There is a tool, probably metioned in the FAQ that can be used
to purge an entire site from the cache. You'll need to look at that tool.

As a last resort you could try:

   find /usr/local/squid/cache -type f -print | xargs grep filename.ext

Colin

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