Re: Retrieving objects

Many thanks, for the answers everyone. I don't ask questions very often, but
when I do, they tend to be slightly daft ones :)

D

Duane Wessels wrote:

> Dancer writes:
>
> >
> >
> >Okay. There's a couple objects in the cache. I know they're in there.
> >They're in the cache log, and the thing hasn't filled up yet.
> >
> >Now, I've been asked to retrieve an object which was accidentally
> >destroyed at the source for recovery. Well, three objects, actually.
> >
> >So. How do I figure out where the hell the damn things are so I can copy
> >'em out and strip off the headers?
>
> New FAQ entry:
>
> http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/FAQ/FAQ-6.html#ss6.12
>
> 6.12 Retrieving ``lost'' files from the cache
>
> I've been asked to retrieve an object which was accidentally
> destroyed at the source for recovery. So, how do I figure out
> where the things are so I can copy them out and strip off the
> headers?
>
> The following method applies only to the Squid-1.1 versions:
>
> Use grep to find the named object (URL) in the cache/log file. The
> first filed in this file is an integer file number.
>
> Then, find the file fileno-to-pathname.pl from the ``scripts''
> directory of the Squid source distribution. The usage is
>
> perl fileno-to-pathname.pl [-c squid.conf]
>
> file numbers are read on stdin, and pathnames are printed on stdout.
>
> Duane W.
> --
> wessels@nlanr.net Think Globally, Cache Locally.

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