Purging cached std.fileread() contents

[Geoff Simmons]

On 6/15/23 18:57, Justin Lloyd wrote:
> 
> The documentation for std.fileread() says it is cached indefinitely, so 
> how do I get Varnish to re-read the file when it gets updated without 
> having to restart Varnish?

"Cached indefinitely" means just what it says. The VMOD saves the file 
contents in memory on the first invocation of std.fileread(), and never 
reads the file again.

We have a VMOD that reads file contents and then monitors the file for 
changes. The new contents are used after the change:

https://code.uplex.de/uplex-varnish/libvmod-file


Best,
Geoff
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