[squid-users] Cache dir

[jonathanlee571 at gmail.com]

Thanks that fixed my issue 

-----Original Message-----
From: Amos Jeffries <squid3 at treenet.co.nz> 
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 2:23 PM
To: Jonathan Lee <jonathanlee571 at gmail.com>
Cc: squid-users at lists.squid-cache.org
Subject: Re: [squid-users] Cache dir

On 14/01/25 20:14, Jonathan Lee wrote:
> Yes, in that you can restrict the cache_dir line with "if 
> ${process_number} = N"  conditions so only **one** worker will attempt 
> to use that storage location.
> 
> I did this and created a new location for a second cache however it 
> would not allow me to create the folders it would not generate them I 
> assumed it would auto generate them, it has user name and chmod done 
> it’s on the same drive the other cache is located just a different 
> partition. The workers started everything worked as planed but it 
> would not create the sub folders. Is there a manual command to auto 
> generate them outside of squid -z?
> 

Oh. You can workaround that by making a foo.conf file that contains only the cache_dir line and running "squid -z -f /path/to/X.conf" to generate it. After that the worker can use it.

HTH
Amos