Yes, I just checked, and there was no trailing space. In preferences, disk
cache is set to 7Mb. It currently weighs in a 28.6Mb. Quite a
difference!
I clear my cache on regular intervals. I also delete all cookies (I hate
sites who like to keep perpetual information. Just call me a conspiracy
theorist if you like) so my cache wasn't too big, but I can see how it
could get HUGE!!!
cheers,
Craig Andrews
craig@fishbot.org.uk
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Life would be so much easier if we
could just look at the source code.
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On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Chris J/#6 wrote:
>
> Some of you may want to check their ${HOME}/.netscape/preferences.js :)
> Netscape seems to not be writing the cache directory correctly when saving
> preferences, by omitting a trailing slash on the path which results in the
> cache growing and never being cleared or kept to the limits you've set within
> the browser...
>
> >From comp.os.linux.misc:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: Jean-David Beyer <jdbeyer [at] exit109.com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
> Subject: Re: Netscape sucks: alternatives?
> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 06:59:37 -0400
> Organization: Institute for Regimented Whimsey
> Message-ID: <39F80E99.6077CFF9 [at] exit109.com>
>
> .
> .
> .
>
> > I would set cache levels low also.
>
> You can set your disk cache levels to whatever you need. You do not need much
> memory cache because the Linux file system is so good that it can get it from
> the IO buffers almost as fast, assuming you have enough memory for those
> buffers.
>
> > Notice that NS seems to ignore disk
> > cache limits,
>
> Only if your ~/.netscape/preferences.js is wrong. Mine obeys the limits. I
> believe the line to examine is:
>
> user_pref("browser.cache.directory", "/home/jdbeyer/.netscape/cache/");
> >>>---------------------------^
>
> This final slash is the key: it must be there.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Hope this helps some folks :)
>
> Chris...
>
>
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