Comments on: Firefox cache location

By: Henrik

Henrik — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:55:53 +0000

hi all

i am a beginner of linux and trying to figure out ways to view and extract files from cache of firefox in linux. i have no clue about what and how to do that. will be glad if helped.

cheers,

By: andy

andy — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 23:06:09 +0000

Looks like the simplest secure way is to use minimal linux distro in RAM, like Slitaz linux 30Mb, and use web applications to store your large files. as long as you have enough RAM
You can take out the hard disk to make your machine quieter if you want.
Nobody gets your data but don’t leave your web passwords stored in the boot CD !

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By: B

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:26:03 +0000

@Michael Burns You can keep it from swapping it if you have your page file disabled. True this may not be reccomended for most users but if you have the maximum RAM Windows can use (about 4 gigs) then you can safely disable it if you monitor your RAM usage and it never gets anywhere full. Only might run into problems with Photoshop like stuff and some games, but you can simply re-enable it if you don't use it much.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:04:06 +0000

Just an FYI to everyone with a 900a running Xandros Linux (and I assume anyone with a eeepc on Xandros). All steps are the same, but the string value needs to read with a “/home/user/” in front of the location. i.e. /home/user/d:/firefoxcache/. Also forward slashes are not a typo, it will not work with back slashes.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:23:38 +0000

@admin
Sorry. How do I change the location of browser.cache.offline? I’ve looked at the above posts and all I see is how to set/change the location of browser.cache.disk.parent_directory.

(don’t mean to double-post, I just realized that the first time I didn’t hit “reply”)

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:04:14 +0000

Sorry. How do I change the location of browser.cache.offline? I’ve looked at the above posts and all I see is how to set/change the location of browser.cache.disk.parent_directory

By: TesserId

TesserId — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:24:51 +0000

I hacked it, the preference setting for the offline cache directory.

The preference name (key) is:

browser.cache.offline.parent_directory

Note that this can be set to the same value as browser.cache.disk.parent_directory. Since both of these settings are parent directories, they each create a sub direct: one named “Cache” and the other named “OfflineCache”.

The insight for the hacked/guessed preference name was from http://www.dagorret.net/2009/06/12/great-firefox-tweaks/, which describes the setting for the offline cache size.

Also, in searching for this, I found some discussion about an offline cache manager, but I could not find any description on how to use it. And, I found some suggestion that this feature may have been created to go along with Google Apps, but who knows.

By: TesserId

TesserId — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:48:30 +0000

about:cache shows two locations:
1) Disk cache device
2) Offline cache device

Each of these has a “Cache Directory”, and only the first is adjusted with:

user_pref(“browser.cache.disk.parent_directory”, “c:\\…”);

By: admin

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:53:11 +0000

@Robert What exactly is your question? The cache can be stored in any location.