[experimental-ims] 85f39f0 Explain what a purge is.

Geoff Simmons geoff at varnish-cache.org
Fri Jul 8 11:47:50 CEST 2011


commit 85f39f0d4dfb1e351e19095688e387416de172b5
Author: Per Buer <perbu at varnish-software.com>
Date:   Thu Jun 30 10:18:36 2011 +0200

    Explain what a purge is.

diff --git a/doc/sphinx/tutorial/purging.rst b/doc/sphinx/tutorial/purging.rst
index bd00e49..284080a 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/tutorial/purging.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/tutorial/purging.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ bans. First, let me explain the HTTP purges.
 HTTP Purges
 ===========
 
+A *purge* is what happens when you pick out an object from the cache
+and discard it along with its variants. Usually a purge is invoked
+through HTTP with the method PURGE.
+
 An HTTP purge is similar to an HTTP GET request, except that the
 *method* is PURGE. Actually you can call the method whatever you'd
 like, but most people refer to this as purging. Squid supports the



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