RE: Preventing incomplete file downloads in cache

I had mine set to:

quick_abort_min 0 KB
quick_abort_max 0 KB
quick_abort_pct 100

So that would mean that it completes all downloads right?

On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Karl Ferguson wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian [mailto:signal@shreve.net]
> >
> > If a user is downloading a file via the web, and going thru squid, and
> > then cancels that download before it finishes, will an incomplete file be
> > cached by squid? Will squid discard the file completely? Or will squid
> > continue to download to complete the file? I would like to tell squid to
> > continue to download and complete the file even if the user cancels, is
> > this possible?
>
> Sure is - in your squid.conf look for the following lines:
>
> quick_abort_min
> quick_abort_max
> quick_abort_pct
>
> I personally would use quick_abort_pct - so if a download was over 10%
> completed then it'd continue to get the file. There's plenty of
> documentation on it.
>
> Regards
>
> --
> Karl Ferguson
> Network Engineer Tel: +61 8 9481 4010
> Corporate Computer Consultants Pty Ltd Fax: +61 8 9481 4767
> Level 1/220 St Georges Tce, Perth WA http://www.ccc.com.au
>

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Brian Feeny (BF304) signal@shreve.net
318-222-2638 x 109 http://www.shreve.net/~signal
Network Administrator ShreveNet Inc. (ASN 11881)
Received on Tue Dec 07 1999 - 09:05:30 MST