[squid-users] Squid.conf Includes

[Amos Jeffries]

On 11/08/18 03:51, Cheadle, Edward wrote:
> I am very new to squid and have been trying to research an issue with
> the squid.conf file.  I see you can split the squid.conf file into
> different a number of different files using includes.
> 
>  
> 
> If I do split the rules up, does it increase the speed of processing the
> rules?    I was told it does, but in looking at information on the squid
> site, in how rules are processed, I can’t find anything that would lead
> me to believe that splitting out the rules into separate files would
> speed anything up.
> 

It does not speed up config loading AFAIK. It just simplifies
administration of certain installation and policy designs.

Amos