Re: Cache information
Ed Mullen <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.windows |
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| Organization | Another Netscape Collabra Server User |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Robert MacLean wrote: > Hi, > > Could anyone point me to a reference on how cache is handled by > mozilla/firefox under windows? In particular ways to go about finding > the location and what files are safe to removed. I'm looking at this > from accessing the data externally from mozilla/firefox. > > ta, > http://www.holgermetzger.de/pdl.html http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/edit#profile You can relocate the cache folder from the standard installation location to anyplace you like. Enter "about:config" (no quotes) in the location bar and hit Enter. In the resulting Filter entry box type "cache" (no quotes). If you see the following entry: browser.cache.disk.parent_directory right-click and choose Modify. Enter the new location. If that entry is not there, right-click in a blank space in the main browser window and choose New - String. Copy/paste the preference name from the above entry. In the next window enter the location for the cache. Accessing the files in the cache may be problematical since they are stored with randomized filenames and no extensions indicating what type each file is. Also FYI, in the location bar you can enter the following for info on the Firefox cache.: - about:cache - about:cache?device=disk - about:cache?device=memory -- Ed Mullen http://edmullen.net http://edmullen.net/moz.html