Re: How do I cleanly shut down squid?

Matthew Petach wrote:
>
> Strange question...
>
> When I try to shut down squid by doing this:
>
> if [ -f /opt/INEXsquid/logs/squid.pid ] ; then
> pid=`/bin/cat /opt/INEXsquid/logs/squid.pid`
> echo "Stopping squid pid $pid..."
> if [ "X$pid" != "X" ] ; then
> kill $pid
> fi
> else
> echo "Sorry. No calamari."
> fi
>
> Then squid cleans up, and immediately re-spawns a new copy.
>
> How should I kill squid so it stays dead? The start section
> of the init script looks like this:
>
> case $1 in
> 'start')
> if [ -f /opt/INEXsquid/bin/RunCache ]; then
> echo "starting Squid proxy/cache..."
> /opt/INEXsquid/bin/RunCache /opt/INEXsquid/etc/squid.conf &
> fi
> ;;
>
> Am I not supposed to be using the RunCache script? From the
> looks of it, the RunCache script seems to be attempting to
> always spawn new copies of squid, no matter what. This isn't
> very friendly behaviour for something being called from init
> scripts on a SYSV system. :-(
>
> Any pointers would be appreciated.
>

I suggest you first kill the RunCache process.

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