On Sunday 31 December 2006 15:32, Basil Chupin wrote: > Jeffery Fernandez wrote: > > On Sunday 31 December 2006 14:43, Basil Chupin wrote: > >> Jeffery Fernandez wrote: > >>> On Sunday 31 December 2006 13:24, Sylvester Lykkehus wrote: > >>>> Basil Chupin wrote: > >>>>> Jeffery Fernandez wrote: > >>>>>> -snip- > >>>>>> When I was using mandriva I was used to having my tmp folder within > >>>>>> my home directory. This way when I download a file which happens to > >>>>>> be a pdf and gets opened by an other application like kpdf, the file > >>>>>> gets stored in my ~/tmp folder than the systems tmp folder. > >>>>>> -snip- > >> > >> It might help if you divulged which OS you are now using and which > >> browser you are using. > >> > >> As far as I know browsers usually use a cache where everything you see > >> on your screen is first placed and then, if you decide to download it, > >> then it is downloaded to the directory you had specified when setting up > >> the browser. > >> > >> Firefox for example puts everything into a cache (which is in your > >> ~/home); so does konqueror - if you select that it uses a cache. > >> > >> So, which browser are you talking about here? > > > > Hi Basil, > > > > I am using OpenSuse 10.2 and I am talking about both firefox and > > konqueror > > So why didn't you say so in the first place? :-) .
I thought it obvious that the details of what OS I run was displayed in my signature. :P > > Everything FF 'sees' goes into > ~/home/<your-login-name>/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxx.default/Cache. > > If you want to save anything using FF then you specify a specific > directory otherwise it gets saved by default in your > ~/home/<your-login-name> directory. > > To specify which directory to use to save downloads, create a directory > in your /home/<your-login-name> directory - as I mentioned, mine is > 'Downloads' - then Edit/Preferences/Main/Downloads and select the > directory you just created. > > If you are viewing a PDF file then when you go to save it a menu 'pops > up' asking you where you want to save the PDF file - and you will point > it at the directory you just created above. > > I don't use konqueror so cannot give equivalent steps to FF but I > suspect from the *very* quick I gave it that there would be similarities > between them (although I cannot imagine why you would want to use > konqueror when there is FF :-) ). > I think you haven't understood what I am after. Please read Sylvester's reply above. Jeffery -- Powered by openSUSE 10.2 (i586) Kernel: 2.6.18.2-34-default KDE: 3.5.5 "release 45" 3:50pm up 2 days 22:36, 4 users, load average: 0.45, 0.70, 0.78
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