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[rjbrewer]

This may have been covered before; I couldn't find it.

Instead of having to empty Seamonkey Mozilla cache frequently,
it's easier to not have it fill at all.

This is how I did it on Puppy 4.2 "no bling".

Open file: ~/.mozilla/default/cache
Open file: /tmp
Drag cache folder to /tmp...."move"
Drag cache folder back to default...."relative link"

When rebooted this has the effect of creating a broken
symlink to a nonexistant file.

No memory from hard drive or pup_save being eroded by
mozilla cache.

If desired; cache can be restored by dragging fresh cache folder
from live cd and overwriting broken link.

Tested on frugal, full and usb flash; works fine so far.

[Bruce B]

rjbrewer,

More off topic to your post than on topic, but thinking you may be interested . . .

Two caches: (1) memory cache and (2) disk cache

I cripple memory and make a very big disk cache in
memory

Deleting the Cache would be a matter of running a script to delete the files or rebooting (which runs the script for purpose of getting the URLs)

SeaMonkey logs all URLs to a binary file in cache. Part of the delete or rebooting process is converting all the URLs to text file for review. Purpose is to keep my web surfing clean, by using the information in the URLs for filtering.

Also, faster web surfing by resolving the sites I want to visit from name to IP address in hosts.

Bruce

[Flash]

What happens when you change SeaMonkey's Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Cache size from the default 4 MB?

[rjbrewer]

Hard to tell Flash;

the only thing I find at edit>preferences>advanced
is check box to enable java.

[Flash]

Is there no + sign to the left of Advanced that you can click to expand the menu?

[rjbrewer]

OH MY GOD, you're a genius!

My face is very red right now; I have a problem
seeing things that are right in front of my nose.

Maybe best to delete my method if it has no other
practical use?

Thank you Flash

[Flash]

No genius, but thanks; maybe the worlds smartest idiot.
SeaMonkey's settings don't always do what it seems like they ought to, so your way might still be the best way. Keep us posted.

[rjbrewer]

Have added XUL file to the method; still working okay.

edit

Did the link trick to exe files "inside" of cache folder instead,
works good.

edit

But not as good as killing the cache.