Reindl Harald wrote: >> I've recently downloaded two files from different sites, >> using Firefox under Fedora-18/KDE . >> (One was a Ubuntu tutorial from Lockergnome.) >> In each case the file is immediately opened in acroread >> (ie I don't start acroread). >> In one case the name given in acroread was 13656_0_ . >> I found this file is in /var/tmp/kdecache-tim/krun , >> though it is not shown by locate even after updatedb , >> and copied it to a more permanent position. >> >> But what puzzles me is: is this a deliberate feature >> to semi-hide files for some reason? >> Or has there been a recent change in Firefox or Acroread? >> Or have I misunderstood in some way? > it is up to you to configure how each mimetype is > handeled in Firefox and if it is set to "open with > application XYZ" it is intentional to only have a > temporary file because you did not request a download > > that updatedb does not find files in /var/tmp and /tmp > is also intentional and controlled by /etc/updatedb.conf Thanks for the two bits of info. I should have said that I have no problem opening a PDF file http://*.pdf in Firefox, which starts up acroread, so I guess my Firefox settings are fine. The files that have puzzled me have all come after clicking on "Download" in a web-site. On downloading the file acroread starts up, and reads the file without problem. The filename never has the .pdf extension - it always has a name like 13656_0_ . The file is not saved in the folder I have nominated in Firefox; but I guess you have explained why that is so. This makes it a little awkward to find and copy it. I don't really have a problem with this, I'm just interested to know if it is the result of something done by the download site, and if so what the purpose is. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin _______________________________________________ kde mailing list kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/kde New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org
