Well, there probably isn't much you can do about this. Everything I've seen with Netscape indicates that it regenerates the preferences.js each time it runs. This means that when it's shutting down it probably opens the file for writing without the append bit. If the file system is full at this point the calls to write to the file probably just fail. You could probably report this to netscape but there's little they could (or would, I imagine) do to fix this. You just need to keep your disk from filling up. Why not write a wrapper script for netscape that will calculate available disk space when before it starts and the write to this same preferences file the preference to limit netscape's cache allowance size to something less than what's available. This should fix the problem unless you're creating other files while running netscape.
Bob Horvath wrote: > I am seeing a recurring problem that is quite annoying. My disk > space is at a premium. If I am doing something and the disk > fills, I first get a "Error saving bookmarks" error. Netscape > doesn't crash, but upon stopping it and restarting it, all of the > preferences are gone. The preferences.js file is blown away to > have a length of zero. I have to go in and reconfigure all of the > mail and news servers, as well as any other preferences in there. > > Anyone else seen this? How would I report this to Netscape? > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
