Hi, in my configuration the cache isn't never used.
In squid.conf:
cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 100 16 256
.. the dir cache exist and:
[root@localhost root]# ls -l /var/spool/squid
totale 68
drwxr-xr-x 258 squid squid 4096 11 apr 23:28 00
drwxr-xr-x 258 squid squid 4096 11 apr 23:28 01
drwxr-xr-x 258 squid squid 4096 11 apr 23:28 02
drwxr-xr-x 258 squid squid 4096 11 apr 23:28 03
drwxr-xr-x 258 squid squid 4096 11 apr 23:28 04
drwxr-xr-x 258 squid squid 4096 11 apr 23:28 05
drwxr-xr-x 258 squid squid 4096 11 apr 23:28 06
drwxr-xr-x 258 squid squid 4096 11 apr 23:28 07
drwxr-xr-x 258 squid squid 4096 11 apr 23:28 08
drwxr-xr-x 258 squid squid 4096 11 apr 23:28 09
drwxr-xr-x 258 squid squid 4096 11 apr 23:28 0A
drwxr-xr-x 258 squid squid 4096 11 apr 23:28 0B
drwxr-xr-x 258 squid squid 4096 11 apr 23:29 0C
drwxr-xr-x 258 squid squid 4096 11 apr 23:29 0D
drwxr-xr-x 258 squid squid 4096 11 apr 23:29 0E
drwxr-xr-x 258 squid squid 4096 11 apr 23:29 0F
-rw-r--r-- 1 squid squid 2160 11 apr 23:43 swap.state
[root@localhost root]# tail /var/log/squid/cache.log
2005/04/11 23:29:05| 0 Objects expired.
2005/04/11 23:29:05| 0 Objects cancelled.
2005/04/11 23:29:05| 0 Duplicate URLs purged.
2005/04/11 23:29:05| 0 Swapfile clashes avoided.
2005/04/11 23:29:05| Took 3.1 seconds ( 0.0 objects/sec).
2005/04/11 23:29:05| Beginning Validation Procedure
2005/04/11 23:29:05| Completed Validation Procedure
2005/04/11 23:29:05| Validated 0 Entries
2005/04/11 23:29:05| store_swap_size = 0k
2005/04/11 23:29:06| storeLateRelease: released 0 objects
I usr squid 2.5 stable3
thanks.
Salvatore.
