Re: firefox ignores my temporary directory setting [solved]

2022-06-02 Thread stan via users
On Wed, 1 Jun 2022 10:27:33 +1000 Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: > Strangely this worked, even though this option is deselected: > [ ] Save files to /data/Firefox_temp > [*] Always ask you where to save files > Somehow FF uses this disabled setting, and even before I choose > between "o

Re: firefox ignores my temporary directory setting [solved]

2022-05-31 Thread Eyal Lebedinsky
On 31/05/2022 23.59, stan via users wrote: On Tue, 31 May 2022 22:52:16 +1000 Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: firefox 100.0.2 I set up a temp dir in about:config browser.cache.disk.parent_directory /data/Firefox_temp At no point did I see any activity there but if I empty that directory t

Re: firefox ignores my temporary directory setting

2022-05-31 Thread stan via users
On Tue, 31 May 2022 22:52:16 +1000 Eyal Lebedinsky wrote: > firefox 100.0.2 > > I set up a temp dir in about:config > browser.cache.disk.parent_directory /data/Firefox_temp > At no point did I see any activity there but if I empty that > directory then FF creates it on launch, so it kn

firefox ignores my temporary directory setting

2022-05-31 Thread Eyal Lebedinsky
firefox 100.0.2 I set up a temp dir in about:config browser.cache.disk.parent_directory /data/Firefox_temp At no point did I see any activity there but if I empty that directory then FF creates it on launch, so it knows about it. Here is what I do: Open the URL http://www.g