Re: Q Re !Scrap

Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[files in Scrap]

> Some of the worst offenders are web browsers such as Fresco
> which use Scrap for storing their cache.

The files are temporary and not vital to the running of the
program, so Scrap is a perfectlty acceptable place.

> If the browser is set not to clear the cache when it quits, a
> very large Scrap directory quickly bild up.

Which is where programs like FresCache are handy:

http://www.softrock.co.uk/products/frescache.html

VinceH
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