On Fri, 2004-09-10 at 05:44, Nifty Hat Mitch wrote: > Hint: > > If you cannot discover where an application is leaving > stuff you might try taking advantage of system time stamps > on files and use find. > > In a shell window > > # touch /tmp/now > > Next start up the browser/tool in question and check some pages. > Quit that application. > > Now lets find things that are new. > Again in a shell window. > > # find ~ -type f -newer /tmp/now -print > > Aha....not all files are guaranteed to be in your home dir. > > # find / -type f -newer /tmp/now -print > /tmp/list-of-files > > Ignore the errors about files you do not have permission for > because we are looking for files you created (cached). > Now look at it. > > # less /tmp/list-of-files > > If all the "new" files are in the expected places and make sense then > you done. Linux has lots of stuff going on so expect other files... > Now, that's cooooool..... Had never used -newer before.... New tip for the day being saved for later reference..... Thanks, and I didn't even ask the question... :-) --Rob
