Closed Bug 155298 Opened 23 years ago Closed 21 years ago

"clear cache" does not clear downloaded entires

Categories

(Core :: Networking: Cache, defect)

Product:
Core
Component:
Networking: Cache
Platform:
x86
Windows 98
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: sbrecht, Assigned: gordon)

Details

Set my disk cache to 5 Meg (from 10 Meg) yesterday amd at the same time cleared the disk cache. I have been in and out of mozilla numerous times since. Just checked my disk cache and it had 71.8 Meg of files. After I cleared the cache again it went down to 67.6 Meg. It appears to be possibly related to downloads since a number of the files remaining are multiple-meg ZIP and Executables I have downloaded in the last few days. (and I have cleared all files from the Download Manager) Possible that when "Clear Cache" is selected the cache directory is completely emptied? This would have to be connected to any files currently being downloaded I guess. Or check all cache files against the cache index and remove any that aren't indexed.
Build ID ? -> Cache
Assignee: Matti → gordon
Component: Browser-General → Networking: Cache
QA Contact: imajes-qa → tever
This is happening for me on Mozilla 1.1 alpha
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 159794 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
I'm not sure this bug is a duplicate... the files I have left over are not rdf files... they are randomly named cache files of varying sizes. It's like they slipped through the indexing process. Even when I clear downloads and clear cache I still have currently 50.1 megs of files in my cache folder when I have a cache limit of 10 Meg and 0 files in my download manager. Please reconsider... I will send my current cache if desired.
I think this sounds more like a duplicate of 138117
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 138117 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago → 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
please re-open if you disagree
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
This problem sounds related to, but not the same as bug. That bug focuses on the behavior of download manager putting things into cache. This bug seems to focus more on the fact that you can't use the clear cache button to remove them. Please try Mozilla 1.3f and see if still happens.
Status: VERIFIED → UNCONFIRMED
QA Contact: tever → cacheqa
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
Summary: Cache not clearing properly... → "clear cache" does not clear downloaded entires
(In reply to comment #8) > This bug seems to focus more on the fact that you can't use the clear cache > button to remove them. WFM. Tested with 1.4.1 and 1.7b on WinNT. If you try "Clear Cache", all files will be deleted (in fact, the whole cache directory is erased and newly created!).
wfm 2004031509
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago → 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
There was probably some cache change where we gave up on removing most files and reseting the cache index files... I'm going to look for a fixing bug and dupe to it, in part b/c this still doesn't solve the downloads go into cache behavior.
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