Re: [squid-users] How can I clean out old objects - refresh patterns and really old items

On ons, 2007-09-19 at 09:55 +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> Files aren't deleted when they expire.
>
> Files are deleted when:
>
> * A request occurs and squid checks the file for freshness, or

no.

> * Squid issues a validation requests and determines the local copy is stale, or

no, but it does replace the old copy if it is given a new object to
replace the old.

> * Squid needs to make space (as the disk store is full) and starts running
> the object replacement policy to purge objects - but then, it doesn't maintain
> a list of "stale" objects to purge; it just deletes the 'oldest' objects.

  * if there is certain HTTP request methods to the URL of the object
where it can be expected the object change, such as PUT.

Regards
Henrik