On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 11:16:49PM +0800, Horatio B. Bogbindero wrote: > i would like a behaviour such that if i already download a particular > package and then later somebody else downloads the same package it just > gets the package from a cache. this way i save bandwidth (or more like > efficiently use bandwidth)
if you can force everyone to pass through Squid, there's a squid redirector out there which looks if the filename if it's already present in a local cache, then rewrites the URL to point there. it only works for files known in advance though.. maybe we could modify it to 'learn'. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
