unlinkd

Defines
#define	UNLINK_BUF_LEN   1024
Functions
int	main (int argc, char *argv[])

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Detailed Description

The unlink(2) system call can cause a process to block for a significant amount of time. Therefore we do not want to make unlink() calls from Squid. Instead we pass them to this external process.

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Define Documentation

#define UNLINK_BUF_LEN   1024

Definition at line 51 of file unlinkd_daemon.cc.

Referenced by main().

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Function Documentation

int main	(	int	argc,
		char *	argv[]
	)

This is the unlinkd external process.

unlinkd receives the full path of any files to be removed from stdin, each on its own line.

The results for each file are printed to stdout in the order they were received

Parameters:

	argc	Ignored.
	argv	Ignored.

Return values:

	ERR	An error occured removing the file.
	OK	The file has been removed.

Definition at line 71 of file unlinkd_daemon.cc.

References _PATH_DEVNULL, NULL, UNLINK_BUF_LEN, and x.