Re: [K12OSN] Emptying the K12LTSP version of the Squid cache

Eric Harrison (eharrison@mail.mesd.k12.or.us)
28 Mar 2002 16:08:22 -0800 


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On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 15:47, jam@McQuil.Com wrote:
> I would change the rm command to this:
>=20
>=20
>    rm -rvf /var/spool/squid/*
>=20
> That way, if the cd fails, you won't accidentally
> delete something unexpected.

Okay, how about this....

        su -s /bin/sh squid    =20
        rm -rfv /var/spool/squid/*

That way if you did screw up the "rm" command, it would only wipe out
stuff owned by squid.

> But, be VERY careful.  accidentally putting a
> space after the first slash could ruin your day :)

This should be manditory reading material:=20

http://www2.hunter.com/~skh/humor/admin-horror.html


-Eric


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