Re: [squid-users] Bungled squid.conf due to cache_dir

Paul Cocker wrote:
> I'm setting up SquidNT 2.6STABLE14 using a fresh config on a Windows
> 2003 server. I've located it in the folder D:\Program Files\squid,
> mainly because there are several other programs installed on the server
> and it keep the folder list clean, they're all within this directory.
>
> However, when I try to start the service I get the following:
>
> FATAL: Bungled squid.conf line 1072: cache_dir ufs "D:/Program
> Files/squid/var/cache" 2000 16 256
>
> Now, I assume this is due to spaces in the directory path which I
> thought the quotes would resolve.

You probably assume correct.

>
> Can this be made to work in a configuration where there are spaces in
> the directory names?
>

You could, with a lot of code. Squid uses strtok([whitespace]) to parse
each line, that is (sadly) buried into every module that has a
squid.conf item.

So quotes don't generally mean a thing to squid, nor do [\ ]'s.

I'm not to up on the parsing in windows, but it might be possible in
your case to use the %...% win32 default path variables. It would be
easier to add code for those at certain places than change the parser to
cope with spaces.

Amos
Received on Fri Sep 14 2007 - 07:06:50 MDT