Time for action – exploring Squid files
Let's have a look at the files and directories generated during installation. The easiest way to checkout the directories and files generated is to use the tree
command. If the tree
command is not available, we can list files using the ls
command as well.
tree ${prefix} | less
${prefix}
is the directory used with the --prefix
option for configure
. Now let's have a brief overview at the important files generated by Squid during installation. All of the following directories and files listed, reside in ${prefix}
:
bin
This directory contains programs which can be executed or run by a user without root or super user privileges.
bin/squidclient
squidclient
is a HTTP client with advanced capabilities, which allow ...
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