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Update: Or, just install this handy RPM -- squid properties. Allows you to specify domains which should always be direct connect, flush the cache, etc.

All these rules need to be added to /etc/squid/squid.conf, then you need to issue the following two commands:

squid -k shutdown
squid -s -D

This shuts squid down, then brings it back up again, which makes it reload the config file.

Turning off caching for a specific site

(from the e-smith discussion forum):

acl RULENAME dstdomain .www.domain.com
no_cache deny RULENAME

Emptying the cache for specific entries

(from the e-smith discussion forum):

acl PURGE method PURGE
acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
http_access allow PURGE localhost
http_access deny PURGE

After doing the shutdown/startup sequence, you can now issue the following command to clear the cache:

client -m PURGE http://www.domain.com/particular/page.html

A successful purge returns an 200 OK response -- something else usually means the item wasn't in the cache to begin with.