firefox 100.0.2
I set up a temp dir in about:config browser.cache.disk.parent_directory /data/Firefox_temp At no point did I see any activity there but if I empty that directory then FF creates it on launch, so it knows about it.
Here is what I do:
Open the URL http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/manual/ Click on PDF file (304K bytes) A popup asks "What should Firefox do with this file?" - I have "always ask" set for this file type in Settings/General/Applications at this point I see a new file in my home directory -rw------- 1 eyal eyal 308839 May 14 17:33 _qBdbX0t.pdf.part I now select Open with xpdf and click OK The above random file disappeared and another file appears -rw-r--r-- 1 eyal eyal 308839 May 14 17:33 gzip.pdf I now close firefox and this file remains. I restart FF and it is still there.
On another machine the file is created in ~/Download.
How do I get FF to use the nominated directory?
On Tue, 31 May 2022 22:52:16 +1000 Eyal Lebedinsky fedora@eyal.emu.id.au wrote:
firefox 100.0.2
I set up a temp dir in about:config browser.cache.disk.parent_directory /data/Firefox_temp At no point did I see any activity there but if I empty that directory then FF creates it on launch, so it knows about it.
You are setting up a personal directory under /? What permissions does it have? Are you running SELinux, what is its context? Wouldn't this be more appropriate in your home directory?
I also don't find that setting in my about:config, in the system firefox or nightly. How are you creating it?
Here is what I do:
Open the URL http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/manual/ Click on PDF file (304K bytes) A popup asks "What should Firefox do with this file?" - I have "always ask" set for this file type in Settings/General/Applications at this point I see a new file in my home directory -rw------- 1 eyal eyal 308839 May 14 17:33 _qBdbX0t.pdf.part I now select Open with xpdf and click OK The above random file disappeared and another file appears -rw-r--r-- 1 eyal eyal 308839 May 14 17:33 gzip.pdf I now close firefox and this file remains. I restart FF and it is still there.
On another machine the file is created in ~/Download.
How do I get FF to use the nominated directory?
When I use the settings you are using, the file appears in the download directory I have selected in edit -> settings. It remains after I have viewed it, which I think is a questionable action. When I have the setting at open with firefox, the file doesn't appear anywhere, so it is probably in some temporary cache file that goes away when the tab is closed.
So I guess the answer to your question would be to use edit -> settings -> general -> Dowloads to set /data/firefox_temp as your download directory.
On 31/05/2022 23.59, stan via users wrote:
On Tue, 31 May 2022 22:52:16 +1000 Eyal Lebedinsky fedora@eyal.emu.id.au wrote:
firefox 100.0.2
I set up a temp dir in about:config browser.cache.disk.parent_directory /data/Firefox_temp At no point did I see any activity there but if I empty that directory then FF creates it on launch, so it knows about it.
You are setting up a personal directory under /? What permissions does it have? Are you running SELinux, what is its context? Wouldn't this be more appropriate in your home directory?
I also don't find that setting in my about:config, in the system firefox or nightly. How are you creating it?
Here is what I do:
Open the URL http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/manual/ Click on PDF file (304K bytes) A popup asks "What should Firefox do with this file?" - I have "always ask" set for this file type in Settings/General/Applications at this point I see a new file in my home directory -rw------- 1 eyal eyal 308839 May 14 17:33 _qBdbX0t.pdf.part I now select Open with xpdf and click OK The above random file disappeared and another file appears -rw-r--r-- 1 eyal eyal 308839 May 14 17:33 gzip.pdf I now close firefox and this file remains. I restart FF and it is still there.
On another machine the file is created in ~/Download.
How do I get FF to use the nominated directory?
When I use the settings you are using, the file appears in the download directory I have selected in edit -> settings. It remains after I have viewed it, which I think is a questionable action. When I have the setting at open with firefox, the file doesn't appear anywhere, so it is probably in some temporary cache file that goes away when the tab is closed.
So I guess the answer to your question would be to use edit -> settings -> general -> Dowloads to set /data/firefox_temp as your download directory.
Strangely this worked, even though this option is deselected: [ ] Save files to /data/Firefox_temp [*] Always ask you where to save files Somehow FF uses this disabled setting, and even before I choose between "open with" and "save file".
On Wed, 1 Jun 2022 10:27:33 +1000 Eyal Lebedinsky fedora@eyal.emu.id.au wrote:
Strangely this worked, even though this option is deselected: [ ] Save files to /data/Firefox_temp [*] Always ask you where to save files Somehow FF uses this disabled setting, and even before I choose between "open with" and "save file".
I think the top option is always selected as a default location for when you have the second selected, so it will come up first on the list when it asks you. Sort of confusing, but probably partly that way to simplify the settings interface. Anyway, despite the confusion, it is good that it is now working for you.
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