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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on 02/23/06 06:55
__/ [ Jonathan N. Little ] on Wednesday 22 February 2006 23:24 \__
> David Graham wrote:
>
>> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote in message
>> news:dtht3d$p85$1@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk...
>>
>>>__/ [ David Graham ] on Wednesday 22 February 2006 14:27 \__
>>>
>>>
>>>>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.
>>
>> Does
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>>>>anyone know where the cache is stored on Windows XP.
>>>>thanks
>>>>David
>>>
>>>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:
>>>
>>>~/.mozilla/firefox/<user>.default/Cache
>>>
>>>
>>>...but, but, but...
>>>
>>>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...
>>>
>>>For completeness, in Mac OSX, it should reside under a similarly
>>
>> structures
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>>>directory while the installation paths are (by default):
>>>/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/
>>>
>>>And in Windows:
>>>
>>>C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\
>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>Hope it helps,
>>>
>>>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.
Better security, better performance. I pointed this out at the beginning of
my first message actually. *smile*
> 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.
I never knew about that. While you're at it, be greedy and raise the
pipelining value. This should enable you to take data transfers rates up a
gear or two.
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