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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Q&A Forum => Topic started by: JohnJS on January 17, 2011, 04:27:18 PM

Title: BigHomeFiles
Post by: JohnJS on January 17, 2011, 04:27:18 PM

Should any of these files be put in .xfiletool.lst to speed up shutdown? and if so which ones?
Using 3.4.1 with Firefox.
System stats:
12.5M   /home/tc/.mozilla/firefox/5lbdampd.default/urlclassifier3.sqlite
12.0M   /home/tc/.mozilla/firefox/5lbdampd.default/Cache/D1BDFC22d01
2.3M   /home/tc/.mozilla/firefox/5lbdampd.default/XPC.mfasl
1.6M   /home/tc/.mozilla/firefox/5lbdampd.default/Cache/_CACHE_003_
1.5M   /home/tc/.mozilla/firefox/5lbdampd.default/Cache/A8271EAEd01
1.1M   /home/tc/.mozilla/firefox/5lbdampd.default/XUL.mfasl
Thanks.

Title: Re: BigHomeFiles
Post by: gerald_clark on January 17, 2011, 05:34:17 PM

Cache
should already be in there.

Title: Re: BigHomeFiles
Post by: JohnJS on January 17, 2011, 05:45:27 PM

Hi gerald_clark.
My xfiletool.lst:
Cache
cache
.cache
XUL.mfasl
opt/.tce_dir
mnt
.adobe/Flash_Player/AssetCache
.macromedia/Flash_Player
.opera/opcache
.opera/cache4
.Xauthority
.wmx

This file keeps growing:
21.3M   /home/tc/.mozilla/firefox/5lbdampd.default/urlclassifier3.sqlite

After posting above size now:
25.1M   /home/tc/.mozilla/firefox/5lbdampd.default/urlclassifier3.sqlite

Edit Just switched to Opera10. So far no bigHomeFiles in System Stats.

Title: Re: BigHomeFiles
Post by: roberts on January 17, 2011, 06:15:44 PM

This file has been discussed before:
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php?topic=7830.msg41848#msg41848

Bottom line either add it to .xfiletool.lst or move it.

Title: Re: BigHomeFiles
Post by: maro on January 17, 2011, 06:18:31 PM

I believe this '.../urlclassifier3.sqlite' is a well known "bad boy" (at least in terms of wasting disk space). AFAIK it is used by Mozilla to protect against phishing sites.

Even if you delete it Mozilla will start downloading it again the next time it runs, unless to disable the functionality. I guess this site (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Urlclassifier2.sqlite) might give you some more information, as I believe that 'urlclassifier2.sqlite' and 'urlclassifier3.sqlite' work in principle the same way. Otherwise use google to find out more.

Title: Re: BigHomeFiles
Post by: JohnJS on January 17, 2011, 06:38:34 PM

Thanks all,
Opera10 works fine.
System stats/bigHomeFiles now contain 4.0k Desktop and 4.0k mail.
Backup time about 2+ sec.

Title: Re: BigHomeFiles
Post by: Guy on January 18, 2011, 03:37:29 AM

For those using Firefox.

If you are running from a usb drive, you can put "home/tc/.mozilla" in /opt/.xfiletool.lst.

If you are running from a hard drive, you can use persistent home, and not back up anything in the home directory.

Title: Re: BigHomeFiles
Post by: tinypoodle on January 18, 2011, 06:03:02 AM

Quote from: Guy on January 18, 2011, 03:37:29 AM

you can put "home/tc/.mozilla" in /opt/.xfiletool.lst.

In my understanding that would mean loss of the whole user profile, i.e. on next occasion using the app with default settings and without any personal data at all.

Title: Re: BigHomeFiles
Post by: gerald_clark on January 18, 2011, 10:57:17 AM

Or put the .mozilla directory on some persistent media, and create a symlink to it.

Title: Re: BigHomeFiles
Post by: jerramy on January 18, 2011, 01:58:57 PM

I had to do that with .wine, since it wanted to put drive_c/ in my home directory.  I left .wine in home, but moved .wine/drive_c/ to /mnt/sda1/drive_c/ and used a symlink.