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+#ifdef MAIL_HEADERS
+From: richard@hekkihek.hacom.nl (Richard Huveneers)
+To: squid-users@nlanr.net
+Subject: Save 15% on your bandwidth...
+Date: 12 Sep 1996 21:21:55 GMT
+==============================================================================
+
+I have downloaded the multi-megabyte files from Netscape and Microsoft that
+our users like to download from every mirror in the world, defeating the usual
+caching.
+
+I put these files in a separate directory and installed a basic redirector
+for Squid that checks if the file (so hostname and pathname are disregarded)
+is present in this directory.
+
+After a few days of testing (the redirector looks very stable) it looks like
+this is saving us approx. 15% on our cache flow. Also, our own WWW server has
+become more popular than ever :)
+
+I'm sure this code will be useful to others too, so I've attached it at the end
+of this message. Improvements, extensions etc. are welcome.
+
+I'm going on holidays now, so I won't be able to respond to e-mail quickly.
+
+Enjoy, Richard.
+#endif
+
+/*
+** rredir - redirect to local directory
+**
+** version 0.1, 7 sep 1996
+** - initial version (Richard Huveneers <Richard.Huveneers@hekkihek.hacom.nl>)
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+#define ACCESS_LOCAL_DIR "/var/lib/httpd/htdocs/local/rredir"
+#define REDIRECT_TO_URL "http://www.hacom.nl/local/rredir"
+#define BUFFER_SIZE (16*1024)
+
+int main()
+{
+ char buf[BUFFER_SIZE];
+ char *s, *t;
+ int tlu = 0;
+
+ /* make standard output line buffered */
+ if (setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IOLBF, 0) != 0) return 1;
+
+ /* speed up the access() calls below */
+ if (chdir(ACCESS_LOCAL_DIR) == -1) return 1;
+
+ /* scan standard input */
+ while (fgets(buf, BUFFER_SIZE, stdin) != NULL)
+ {
+ /* check for too long urls */
+ if (strchr(buf, '\n') == NULL)
+ {
+ tlu = 1;
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (tlu) goto dont_redirect;
+
+ /* determine end of url */
+ if ((s = strchr(buf, ' ')) == NULL) goto dont_redirect;
+ *s = '\0';
+
+ /* determine first character of filename */
+ if ((s = strrchr(buf, '/')) == NULL) goto dont_redirect;
+ s++;
+
+ /* security: do not redirect to hidden files, the current
+ ** directory or the parent directory */
+ if (*s == '.' || *s == '\0') goto dont_redirect;
+
+ /* map filename to lower case */
+ for (t = s; *t != '\0'; t++) *t = (char) tolower((int) *t);
+
+ /* check for a local copy of this file */
+ if (access(s, R_OK) == 0)
+ {
+ (void) printf("%s/%s\n", REDIRECT_TO_URL, s);
+ continue;
+ }
+
+dont_redirect:
+ tlu = 0;
+ (void) printf("\n");
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}