[squid-users] comments in ACL files

[Amos Jeffries]

On 5/11/19 1:30 am, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 1. is it possible to use comments in ACL files?
> 
> http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/acl/
> says:
> 
>   acl aclname acltype "file" ...
> 
>   When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
> 
> but anything about possible comments, although they seem to be used on the
> net according to web search...
> 
> #comment
> 1.2.3.4

It depends on the ACL type. Some have special handling for files with
values, some do not support loading from files.

The rest support files with:
 * one ACL value per line, and
 * ignoring whitespace prefix and suffix, and
 * '#' as comment prefix.


> 
> 2. how does squid behave with more items in one line, does it use or ignore
> them?
> 
> 1.2.3.4 # comment
> 

All of the line (excluding the whitesace prefix/suffix) is one value.

Amos