Am 12.04.2013 19:03, schrieb Timothy Murphy: > 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_ because you said to your browser it should load PDF files in acrobat the website usually points to the pdf-file with a link what your browser does with this information is out of control of the website
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