Bernie,
I don't know what the problem was that you had downloading that book.
The size of the cache is separate from the number of entries in the
cache. i.e. You can have 1 entry in cache that is 15 Mbytes [if you
have that much room on your HDD, which you apparently do] or 256+
entries that total 1.5 Mb.
Are you saying that the book had over 1,000 "chapters" you had to
download separately? Wow!
I just went and checked my cache vs. cache index; cache itself has 469
files in it. Cache index lists 274 files within 256 entries.
IOW, cache can hold more than 256 files ... but unless you know what
you're looking for you may not be able to find it since index stops
keeping track at 256 entries [each entry is rather complex and can show
URL, file name, modified file name, etc].
Norton "unerase" allows me to see files that have been deleted, and
often I can view within the files that have been deleted. But when a
file is rewritten [like cache.idx] all that is ever there is current
file.
If you ever tackle a project like that again, I suggest you save the
file to a separate drive when given the save option. And after a few
downloads, while looking at the page you want to continue to access, you
hit F8 and clear the cache. If you save the files as they are
downloaded, you don't have to keep the duplicate file in cache.
l.d.
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On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 07:52:55 +0100 (MET), Bernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>> Be honest. Have you ever gone outside Arachne, and counted the
>> entries in Cache directory?
> I have, I downloaded the entire e-book entitled Art of Assembly. To be able
> to store it all in the cache I had to download it in two seperate attempts
> (I did copy it in four diffrent caches since that made it easier to know
> where in the book I was).
>> I more or less have .. since Norton
>> Commander makes it very easy for me to see just how many files are in
>> there. Nothing has ever automatically removed those files. Now, I
>> *haven't* counted the number of entries in cache.idx file ... *that* may
>> be what's limited to 256 entries. I'll have to remember to check it
>> some day. <G>
> But doesn't Norton also show you the files that are removed? IIRC it can do
> that.
> //Bernie
> http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ...
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