I have 2 separate policies in squid: policy1 anf policy 2, so i want to run policy1 during working hours, and anther after working.
How can i run it. This is the detail

2 policied:
policy1 ----run---- : squid1.conf
policy2 ----run---- : squid2.conf

Time:
working hours ----time--- : 8:30a.m - 6:30p.m
free hours ----time--- : 6:30p.m - 8:30a.m

Please give me the tip for this. Thanks so much.

Note: Beside what else solution can i do it?

Squid supports time-based ACLS - check the Squid documentation for details.

Yes, i know. However i want to run 2 file at different time, how can i do it?
Thanks so much.

Just try to create a sym link to squid1.conf to squid.conf in the morning for policy 1 and reload squid.
Similiarly create sym link squid2.conf to squid.conf in the evening for policy 2 and reload squid.


the syntax for sym link would be ln -sf /etc/squid1.conf /etc/squid.conf and /etc/init.d/squid reload

all of this can be neatly clubbed in a small shell script.

regards,
shiva

Thanks for your reply,
How about crontab? How can i enable them to run with the specific time and with specific sym link?

Please help me.

See: man crontab

2 policied:
policy1 ----run---- : squid1.conf
policy2 ----run---- : squid2.conf

Time:
working hours ----time--- : 8:30a.m - 6:30p.m
free hours ----time--- : 6:30p.m - 8:30a.m


Small bash script

/tmp/morning.sh
#!/bin/bash

ln -sf /etc/squid1.conf /etc/squid.conf
/etc/init.d/squid reload

=====================
/tmp/evening.sh
#!/bin/bash

ln -sf /etc/squid2.conf /etc/squid.conf
/etc/init.d/squid reload

====================
crontab entries crontab -e

29 08 * * * /tmp/morning.sh
29 18 * * * /tmp/evening.sh

Enjoy

Have Fun