FindFile and FireFox cache

[mathgod]

I am considering a cache editing project. Is there a way to use FindFile to locate a file in the FireFox cache? I can locate the cache folder but the files have a set file name length and no extension.

I have a project that creates gameSettings.xml.gz after editing gameSettings.xml in NotePad++. If the user wishes to edit the FireFox cache, there is a modal form where the user enters the path to the file for gameSettings.xml.gz to be copied to. The project works but I would like to try to eliminate the step of using the CacheViewer add-on to find the file name.

[Kambiz]

I think there is no cache folder. My FireFox (v3.6) uses SQLLite to store cache files.

[mathgod]

I am using 3.5.8 and the cache folder is C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[profile name]\Cache\. I may upgrade soon to see if this changes for me.

[mathgod]

I upgraded to 3.6. A few of my add-ons like dig and fetch are broken now. Oh well...

FireFox 3.6 is still using the same cache folder. Using CacheViewer I get this information for the cached gameSettings.xml.gz file.

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Key: http://static-facebook.farmville.com/v17480/gameSettings.xml.gz
Data Size: 71416 bytes
Fetch Count: 20
Last Modified: Saturday, February 27, 2010 *** AM
Last Fetched: Saturday, February 27, 2010 *** AM
Expiration Time: Saturday, February 27, 2010 *** AM
File on disk: C:\Documents and Settings\*****\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*****.default\Cache\[file with no extension]

request-method: GET
response-head: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS)
Last-Modified: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 *** GMT
Etag: "**-**-****"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 71416
Content-Type: application/x-gzip
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 *** GMT

[Kambiz]

How about locating the file base on its content?

[mathgod]

How about locating the file base on its content?

This is a good idea. I will try it.