I can verify this to be true, as I've 'bungled' my squid.conf many a time and squid kept running until I fixed it. -hackmiester Too short? http://five.sentenc.es/ 2009/5/29 Ben Scott <mailvortex@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 5:43 PM, John Horne <john.horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I would agree with others in using 'squid -k reconfigure'. However, I >> always run 'squid -k parse' beforehand, just to make sure the config >> file is valid. > > I believe "squid -k reconfigure" parses the config file and refuses > to attempt the restart if it's not valid. > > -- Ben >