Re: [squid-users] How to check if no caching is performed

On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Eliyah Lovkoff wrote:

> I try to disable caching on squid 2.4
> I added the following entries in 'no_cache" in squid.conf
> acl all src 10.0.0.0/255.255.0.0
> no_cache deny all
>
> I want to check if there is really no caching taking place.I do it the following way:
> I start squid with 'squid -NCd1' and look for the lines like '100 entries scanned' and '100 objects loaded'.Then I browse internet and visit 50 sites.Then I stop squid and start it again with -NCd1 switch. I see the same lines '100 entries scanned' and '100 objects loaded'.At this point I come to the conclusion that if number of object didn't change then there wa sno cahing.
> Is that a correct conclusion?

The way to check is to look at store.log:

        % tail -f logs/store.log | grep SWAPOUT

If you see a SWAPOUT line, it means squid cached the response.
Received on Fri Jul 13 2001 - 11:12:27 MDT