On Wednesday 29 Oct 2014 23:44:07 Walter Dnes wrote: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 04:45:56PM +0000, James wrote > > > So looking at ~/.mozilla/seamonkey/<dir>/ > > I see these cookies files: > > > > cookies.sqlite cookies.sqlite-shm cookies.sqlite-wal > > > > But the are sqlite files. So I need a gui tool to view them as to > > discern logical understanding of what exactly they are and which do > > delete or intelligently pre_filter. [1,2] > > > > Any suggestions in portage or as a seamonkey "add-on" would > > be keen. I run "no-scipts" but I think I need more to keep > > the cookie_monster under control? suggesions? I also use > > firefox, just not as much. > > Sqlite is a database format. You might already have sqlite (the > executable) installed, depending on the value of the "system-sqlite" USE > flag. If so, you can pound away at it manually. Or you can always... > > emerge sqlite > > If you want a GUI rather than command-line, try > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/sqlite-manager/ > > You also mentioned "flash cookies" in passing. They're a totally > different animal. They're files that reside in directories ~/.adobe and > ~/.macromedia. The way to kill them is to remove the directories and > create dummy files with the same names, so that Flash can't create the > directories. Here's a short script... > > #!/bin/bash > rm -rf ~/.adobe > touch ~/.adobe > rm -rf ~/.macromedia > touch ~/.macromedia > > The only problem is that certain sites won't play videos without those > directories being present (e.g. video highlights at http://nhl.com ). I > handle them with the following script... > > #!/bin/bash > rm -rf ~/.adobe > rm -rf ~/.macromedia > sleep 20 > rm -rf ~/.adobe > touch ~/.adobe > rm -rf ~/.macromedia > touch ~/.macromedia > > I launch the script from a terminal, and then immediately click on the > video link in my browser. This gets the videos going, and keeps them > going until they finish.
I think that the ~/.adobe directory does not contain website content traceable information, but flash version related info. Could be wrong though. -- Regards, Mick
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