Hello, I can't completely clear out cache on Pale Moon. I've tried checking off clear cache under privacy in preferences and manually under advanced. What am I doing wrong? Is there a linux script that would work?
Thanks, Wally
Can't clear cache using Lubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Re: Can't clear cache using Lubuntu 16.04 LTS
Pale Moon automatically creates a cache when you start it. See about:cache for details. Maybe you've cleared your cache, and you see the new cache directory when you restart. The only time there can be no cached directory is when Pale Moon is not running. So you have to shut down all instances of Pale Moon (e.g. "killall palemoon") before manually purging. If you're paranoid, try something like...
This will remove cached data for all profiles. Note the quotes around "moonchild productions". Spaces in directory/file names are a Windows-ism inherited from back when Pale Moon was Windows-only.
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#!/bin/bash
killall palemoon
cd $HOME/.cache
rm -rf "moonchild productions"
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Re: Can't clear cache using Lubuntu 16.04 LTS
Walter, thanks for the help, but the script didn't work. Look I can clear out the cache sometimes by continuously hitting the clear cache button over numerous pale moon sessions. This seems like a simple matter but it's driving me over the edge. I clear everything out after a on-line banking transaction. I can't use Pale Moon without this feature. Thanks wally
Re: Can't clear cache using Lubuntu 16.04 LTS
How are you determining that your cache is not cleared?
Re: Can't clear cache using Lubuntu 16.04 LTS
Sounds like what you are looking for is using a Private Window to use your banking. In a Private Browsing Window, anything from websites is cached only in memory and cleared the moment you close the window.wally wrote:Walter, thanks for the help, but the script didn't work. Look I can clear out the cache sometimes by continuously hitting the clear cache button over numerous pale moon sessions. This seems like a simple matter but it's driving me over the edge. I clear everything out after a on-line banking transaction. I can't use Pale Moon without this feature. Thanks wally
As an important note:
Hitting the "clear cache" button once will, by the way, completely purge your web cache. It may not be instantaneous but everything -will- be purged. Of course if you have tabs open on websites, they may immediately put new data in the cache from background processes or dynamic page updates, and having a number of bytes used even after you hit "clear" doesn't mean that something wasn't cleared; it just means that at that point in time something (new) has been cached since you issued the order to clear the cache and/or the clearing is still on-going.
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