Time for action – creating cache directories

Squid provides the -z command line option to create the swap directories. Let's see an example:

squid -z

If this option is used and the cache directories don't exist already, the output will look similar to the following:

2010/07/20 21:48:35| Creating Swap Directories
2010/07/20 21:48:35| Making directories in /squid_cache/00
2010/07/20 21:48:35| Making directories in /squid_cache/01
2010/07/20 21:48:35| Making directories in /squid_cache/02
2010/07/20 21:48:35| Making directories in /squid_cache/03
...

We should use this option whenever we add new cache directories in the Squid configuration file.

What just happened?

When the squid command is run with the option -z, Squid reads all the cache directories from the configuration file and checks if they already exist. It will then create the directory structure for all the cache directories that don't exist.

Have a go hero – adding cache directories

Add two or three test cache directories with different...