[squid-users] 回复:Re: [squid-users] Successfully change the content of an object. But ...

Thanks, Henrik pal!

What means "in close interaction with Squid" in your reply? The
words "in close interaction" really puzzled me. Can you give me
a simple explanation of the meaning of the words?

Best regards,
George Ma

----- 原文 -----
From: Squid Support (Henrik Nordstrom)
To: maer727@sohu.com ;squid-users@squid-cache.org
Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
Subject: Re: [squid-users] Successfully change the content of an object. But ...
Sent: Tue May 14 19:38:20 CST 2002

> maer727@sohu.com wrote:
> > IMHO, there are two major ways to change the content of
> > the cache. Using the redirector or writing a program to
> > change the content of the cached object directly.
>
> Changing the cached objects directly on disk in the way you propose IS NOT
> SUPPORTED AND WILL NEVER BE SUPPORTED. Any content transformation MUST be
> done in close interaction with Squid.
>
> > I choose the latter method because I think the latter is more
> > efficient. Another reason I think when using redirector I need
> > additional work to deal with digital signature of the cached object.
> > Maybe it will be a hard work to me. :-)
>
> Using a redirector is trivial if you can identify the objects you need to
> replace by their URL.
>
> If you need to look into the actual content of the object to know, then some
> form of content transformation will be needed. You have been given several
> valid approaches to this.
>
> > I successfully change the content of one cached object (a .gif) but I meet
> > a trouble. I write a program whose main procedures are the following,
> >
> > 1. shutdown squid
> > 2. search and modify the cached .gif
> > 3. restart squid
> >
> > I notice when I just do the procedure 2, the .gif will not be changed.
> > It really puzzled me a lot. I do not know why. I want to find a way to
> > modify the content of the .gif directly without "shutdown" and "restart"
> > squid. Do you have some suggestions?
>
> By asking Squid to modify the object, and implementing the needed support to
> do so in Squid. There is several ongoing tasks in this direction on
> devel.squid-cache.org. See the branches "Transfer Encoding", "Content
> Processing" and "ICAP Client Support".
>
> You ARE NOT ALLOWED to rewrite the cache files manually outside of the Squid
> store routines. Only Squid should ever modify cache files.
>
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Received on Tue May 14 2002 - 21:39:30 MDT