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Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 02/23/06 01:24
David Graham wrote:
> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote in message
> news:dtht3d$p85$1@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk...
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>>__/ [ David Graham ] on Wednesday 22 February 2006 14:27 \__
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>>>Hi
>>>Firefox 1.5 makes it easy to clear the cache but I would like to know
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> the
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>>>location of the cache so I can store something from it for later use.
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> Does
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>>>anyone know where the cache is stored on Windows XP.
>>>thanks
>>>David
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>>Cache in Firfox is stored as large chunks of aggregated files, which are
>>often hard to interpret as-are. In Linux, Firefox cache is located under:
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>>~/.mozilla/firefox/<user>.default/Cache
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>>...but, but, but...
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>>In Windows XP it should be under your profile's "Application
>>Settings/Firefox/<user>/Cache" or some variation of that. I cannot recall
>>the exact location, but it's there...
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>>For completeness, in Mac OSX, it should reside under a similarly
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> structures
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>>directory while the installation paths are (by default):
>>/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/
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>>And in Windows:
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>>C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\
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>>These are all valuable locations to keep in mind if you ever wish to
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> extend
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>>Firefox to include search plug-ins, user-tailored CSS files, and more.
>>There's also the issue of profile duplication and backup.
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>>Hope it helps,
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>>Roy
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> Found it at C:\Documents and Settings\david\Local Settings\Application
> Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\406mllxj.default\Cache
> but the files don't look like .html, .jpg, .swf etc. Don't know how to use
> what I have found, how do I use what's there?
> thanks
> David
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That is because unlike IE, Firefox does not store all the files as
discrete files but all gobbed together in a few large data files.
Put "about:cache" in the address bar and you can peruse either disk
cache or memory cache files with the respective 'List Cache Entries'
link. You can preview and save any entry.
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Take care,
Jonathan
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