Explain what a purge is.

5e36c5e0 · Per Buer · Tollef Fog Heen · 16cbc36a · 5e36c5e0
Commit 5e36c5e0 authored Jun 30, 2011 by Per Buer Committed by Tollef Fog Heen Jul 21, 2011
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 HTTP Purges
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+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