Think i see - i'm really looking for a return value of nothing - which shows squid is running? so when it stops i get: $ squid -k check squid: ERROR: No running copy Cheers Jim On 8/7/06, Jim Christy <jim.christy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
forgot the reply all. squid -k check actually yields nothing. does it need to be enabled in the initial compile? squid's definitely running. Thanks Jim On 8/7/06, Jim Christy <jim.christy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Henrik, > > I want to flush the cache daily to make sure i'm not getting stale > data from the site i'm caching. I understand squid tries to do this > automatically. But i've been instructed to make sure it does > definitely do a full clear-out just before the site's content is > refreshed. (We're working with the site and will know the time they > refresh). > > > When shutting down Squid you need to monitor the pid to determine when > > Squid has shut finally down. Can be done by simply running "squid -k > > check" and checking the return code.. > > Thanks for this - should help me with my cron. And Thanks to James. > I'm already checking the ps aux | grep squid - but of course it always > returns true because the grep is a result itself. The running squid > process doesn't have it's full path so i can't grep the grep results > for that either. > > But Henrik's squid -k check should do the trick in a while loop. > > Thanks both. > > Jim > > > > On 8/7/06, Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > mån 2006-08-07 klockan 11:56 +0100 skrev Jim Christy: > > > > > Wondering if anyone has an automated cache-flushing script which can > > > be run as a cron job? > > > > why? > > > > It's maintained automatically. You should not need to flush the cache. > > > > > I know the system calls to actually flush the cache, but my problem is > > > that squid often takes a while to actually shut itself down. > > > > When shutting down Squid you need to monitor the pid to determine when > > Squid has shut finally down. Can be done by simply running "squid -k > > check" and checking the return code.. > > > > Regards > > Henrik > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQBE1yGqB5pTNio2V7IRAuASAJ49TZ1ZNZXClu44UGqZfey5c8c82ACeNT/d > > M849bGXUcftZIhRuTUMXsAE= > > =pnEA > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > >
