> > >>>> Joost de Heer<sanguis@xxxxxxxxx> 9/22/05 1:28:43 AM >>> >> Or, more verbose-ly: >> >> "Zaphod:/var/cache/squid # client -mv PURGE http://www.squid-cache.org/ > >[snip] > >> <H2>The requested URL could not be retrieved</H2> >> <HR> >> <P> >> While trying to process the request: >> <PRE> >> v http://www.squid-cache.org/ HTTP/1.0 > >[snip] > >try 'client -v -m PURGE http://www.squid-cache.org/'. As you can see, the >verbose thing you tried earlier results in purging the wrong object. > >Joost So, one issue is lack of the space character? One must enter a space and an explict "-" for each option? When I first tried your example, got the same message (essentially). Then browsed to squid-cache.org again, clicked there and there, then tried the example. That did give me the "worked" reply the docs suggested. In my earlier attempts, I did not see that the wrong object was purged, it seemed to me that no object was purged. But, being so inexpert at squid . . . joea