I'm running Netscape 4.7 under SuSE 6.2. I discovered that the ~/.netscape/cache directory contained over 50MB of cache files, even though the disk cache size under Edit / Preferences/ Advanced / Cache was set at 5000 KB. Moreover, pressing the Clear Disk Cache button didn't clear out the contents of that directory. I manually deleted all the files within the directory (though not the directory itself) with no ill effects so far -- except that Netscape seems to load faster. Is there a way to prevent that cache from getting so big, or to clear it from within Netscape? Paul Abrahams -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
"Paul W. Abrahams" wrote:
I'm running Netscape 4.7 under SuSE 6.2. I discovered that the ~/.netscape/cache directory contained over 50MB of cache files, even though the disk cache size under Edit / Preferences/ Advanced / Cache was set at 5000 KB. Moreover, pressing the Clear Disk Cache button didn't clear out the contents of that directory. I manually deleted all the files within the directory (though not the directory itself) with no ill effects so far -- except that Netscape seems to load faster.
Is there a way to prevent that cache from getting so big, or to clear it from within Netscape?
I posted the same basic thing last month-( I've upgraded to 4.71 will see if that helps but for now rm -rf * is my friend. Nick -- -------------------------------------------------- Nick Zentena "Microsoft has unjustifiably jeopardized the stability and security of the operating system." U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson Nov 5/1999 -------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Nick wrote:
"Paul W. Abrahams" wrote:
I'm running Netscape 4.7 under SuSE 6.2. I discovered that the ~/.netscape/cache directory contained over 50MB of cache files, even though the disk cache size under Edit / Preferences/ Advanced / Cache was set at 5000 KB. Moreover, pressing the Clear Disk Cache button didn't clear out the contents of that directory. I manually deleted all the files within the directory (though not the directory itself) with no ill effects so far -- except that Netscape seems to load faster.
Is there a way to prevent that cache from getting so big, or to clear it from within Netscape?
I posted the same basic thing last month-( I've upgraded to 4.71 will see if that helps but for now rm -rf * is my friend.
Nick
I hadn't noticed a problem until I saw your post. I checked my cache and it was up to 22MB I have it set to 1MB. Thanks for the heads up. I wrote a script and set a cron job to clear it out weekly. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darren R. Weber drw@linuxfan.com ICQ# 2849193 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Darren R. Weber wrote: dw> On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Nick wrote: dw> > "Paul W. Abrahams" wrote: dw> > > dw> > > I'm running Netscape 4.7 under SuSE 6.2. I discovered that the dw> > > ~/.netscape/cache directory contained over 50MB of cache files, even dw> > > though the disk cache size under Edit / Preferences/ Advanced / Cache dw> > > was set at 5000 KB. Moreover, pressing the Clear Disk Cache button dw> > > didn't clear out the contents of that directory. I manually deleted dw> > > all the files within the directory (though not the directory itself) dw> > > with no ill effects so far -- except that Netscape seems to load dw> > > faster. dw> > > dw> > > Is there a way to prevent that cache from getting so big, or to clear dw> > > it from within Netscape? dw> > dw> > dw> > I posted the same basic thing last month-( I've upgraded to 4.71 will dw> > see if that helps but for now rm -rf * is my friend. dw> > dw> > Nick dw> dw> I hadn't noticed a problem until I saw your post. I checked my cache and it dw> was up to 22MB I have it set to 1MB. Thanks for the heads up. I wrote a dw> script and set a cron job to clear it out weekly. dw> Something like the following 0 0 * * * find ~/.netscape/cache -type f -atime +5 -exec rm -f {} \; Or did you do it a different way? dw> -- dw> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ dw> Darren R. Weber dw> drw@linuxfan.com dw> ICQ# 2849193 dw> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ dw> dw> dw> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - homepage is in the works SuSE Linux v6.2+ - Kernel 2.2.13 USER, n.: The word computer professionals use when they mean "idiot." -- Dave Barry, "Claw Your Way to the Top" -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, S.Toms wrote:
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Darren R. Weber wrote:
dw> On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Nick wrote: dw> > "Paul W. Abrahams" wrote: dw> > > dw> > > I'm running Netscape 4.7 under SuSE 6.2. I discovered that the dw> > > ~/.netscape/cache directory contained over 50MB of cache files, even dw> > > though the disk cache size under Edit / Preferences/ Advanced / Cache dw> > > was set at 5000 KB. Moreover, pressing the Clear Disk Cache button dw> > > didn't clear out the contents of that directory. I manually deleted dw> > > all the files within the directory (though not the directory itself) dw> > > with no ill effects so far -- except that Netscape seems to load dw> > > faster. dw> > > dw> > > Is there a way to prevent that cache from getting so big, or to clear dw> > > it from within Netscape? dw> > dw> > dw> > I posted the same basic thing last month-( I've upgraded to 4.71 will dw> > see if that helps but for now rm -rf * is my friend. dw> > dw> > Nick dw> dw> I hadn't noticed a problem until I saw your post. I checked my cache and it dw> was up to 22MB I have it set to 1MB. Thanks for the heads up. I wrote a dw> script and set a cron job to clear it out weekly. dw>
Something like the following
0 0 * * * find ~/.netscape/cache -type f -atime +5 -exec rm -f {} \;
Or did you do it a different way?
Nope mine was much more basic. :-) #!/bin/sh rm -rf /home/darren/.netscape/cache/* I didn't bother to check if anything was there or do any sort of search just a simple wipe of the directory. I put it in my personal bin directory and set a cron job: 5 3 * * 0 /home/darren/bin/nsclrcache I like to pick odd hours to offset the system stuff as you see with the 3:05 am time. I think your setup would work, but I just kept it simple. Being newyears I hope this makes sense. . .I had way to much to drink and I'm having trouble typing. :-) -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darren R. Weber drw@linuxfan.com ICQ# 2849193 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Darren R. Weber wrote: dw> On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, S.Toms wrote: dw> > On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Darren R. Weber wrote: dw> > dw> > dw> I hadn't noticed a problem until I saw your post. I checked my cache and it dw> > dw> was up to 22MB I have it set to 1MB. Thanks for the heads up. I wrote a dw> > dw> script and set a cron job to clear it out weekly. dw> > dw> dw> > dw> > Something like the following dw> > dw> > 0 0 * * * find ~/.netscape/cache -type f -atime +5 -exec rm -f {} \; dw> > dw> > Or did you do it a different way? dw> > dw> dw> I think your setup would work, but I just kept it simple. Being newyears I dw> hope this makes sense. . .I had way to much to drink and I'm having trouble dw> typing. :-) dw> Yeah, my setup works, if the file is 5 days or older, then it gets deleted. That way only the most recent items are there in case I need to go back again tomorrow. Which is also why I used access time rather then modify time. I've been debating on adding a folder check, if nothing is in the folder, delete it as well but at that point I may as well right a routine for it whereas now I can just call the one liner from crontab. dw> dw> -- dw> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ dw> Darren R. Weber dw> drw@linuxfan.com dw> ICQ# 2849193 dw> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ dw> dw> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - homepage is in the works SuSE Linux v6.2+ - Kernel 2.2.13 Numeric stability is probably not all that important when you're guessing. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Can anyone advise me how to correctly burn a CD, similar to the Linux Central GPL'd version (note: I plan on dnlding SuSE from ftp.suse.com). More specifically, what packages could cause future installation problems (disregard package dependency issues - I can handle them) if removed from a particular disk set. And if there are other legal ramifications of dumping 6.3 to CD-R (and then selling it as the GPL'd SuSE version) please let me know (like must I include the source code?) Thanks in advance. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Sat, 1 Jan 2000, Jason wrote: j> Can anyone advise me how to correctly burn a CD, similar to j> the Linux Central GPL'd version (note: I plan on dnlding SuSE j> from ftp.suse.com). j> j> More specifically, what packages could cause future installation j> problems (disregard package dependency issues - I can handle them) if j> removed from a particular disk set. j> j> And if there are other legal ramifications of dumping 6.3 to CD-R (and j> then selling it as the GPL'd SuSE version) please let me know (like j> must I include the source code?) j> In a nutshell, yes, you have to release the source code with it if its a GPL'd program. You can look at pretty much any program that is GPL'd and check for a LICENSE file which will give you a complete understanding of what the GPL license requires. Other then that, to sell it as a SuSE version to make money you would have to talk to SuSE as its registered to them. To redistribute it they wouldn't have a problem, but to resell it they may as it contains yast which isn't a GPL'd program. Anyway, I believe Lenz (well informed SuSE representative on this list) will see this and enlighten both of us further :) j> Thanks in advance. j> j> j> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - homepage is in the works SuSE Linux v6.2+ - Kernel 2.2.13 Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. -- A. Lincoln -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
"Darren R. Weber" wrote:
I hadn't noticed a problem until I saw your post. I checked my cache and it was up to 22MB I have it set to 1MB. Thanks for the heads up. I wrote a script and set a cron job to clear it out weekly.
The only reason I noticed was that /home kept running out of room. The last time I removed everything that I could and was still over 90%. That got me looking. I guess thats one more reason to breakup your filesystems. If I had one big filesystem I would never have noticed. Nick -- -------------------------------------------------- Nick Zentena "Microsoft has unjustifiably jeopardized the stability and security of the operating system." U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson Nov 5/1999 -------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
participants (5)
-
abrahams＠mbs.valinet.com -
jebs＠ozemail.com.au -
tomas＠primenet.com -
weberdr＠bellsouth.net -
zentena＠hophead.dyndns.org