Netscape in Linux sffers from much the same problem.
I have the default of settings of 5MB cache but I've often found 30MB of
data in the ~/.netscape/cache directory. A quick rm -fr cache; mkdir
cache works fine though :)
Donncha
> of space. When I used xcopy32 with the /h/e/c/k/y switches to transfer
> stuff, a whole rake of cached images, webpages and cookies appeared in
> hidden directories all under "\windows\temporary internet
> files\content.ie5\hiddendir".
>> The "delete temporary internet files" had been used repeatedly to flush
> the temporary internet files cache but
> apparently the files were retained in the hidden directories. The hidden
> directories have alphanumeric names. It was the best part of a year's
> browsing.
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