The point is that the 'random-named' directory level is just an extra level. There is no apparent reason why the important sub-dirs should not sit directly under \default or \geoff.
The damn thing keeps producing this silly random name which makes dealing with it difficult, as well as 13 characters more to type, and I always seem to mis-type random names... Geoff On Fri, 3 May 2002 13:47:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mikus Grinbergs) wrote: > On Fri, 03 May 2002 09:21:30 -0400 (EDT) "Steve Richards" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 02 May 2002 22:05:30 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > =>In the mean while, what on earth is that random directory all about? I > > =>suppose it makes Mozilla faster to have to guess what the directory is? > > =>Jim L > > > > Darn good question. There is nothing in it. It's just another level in > > the path with no apparent purpose. (must be from some of the windows > > coders who like to obfuscate information into hundreds of seemingly > > similar but unrelated subdirectories making maintenance a horrible chore) > > My profile directory subtree contains ________.slt, where > ________ are eight "random" alphanumeric characters. > > That .slt directory is the **heart** of the profile - it > provides the preferences, the history, the bookmarks, the > authentication, the helper app entries, the cache dir, etc. > > No 'nothing in it' about that directory. > > mikus > --
