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On Saturday 28 Jan 2012 19:38:26 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: |
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> On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 06:06:33PM +0000, Mick wrote: |
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> > > > another application (e.g. a browser) but unlike xpdf I have not found |
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> > > > a way of saving a file once opened without having to redownload it |
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> > > > with the browser. |
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> > > |
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> > > I'd look into /tmp, it'll probably be there. |
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> > It used to be the case that FF would drop temporary downloads in /tmp, |
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> > but I can't find them in there any more. This is of particular interest |
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> > for some flash videos which after I watched them I decide to save them, |
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> > but can't find them anywhere. Ditto with Chromium, not idea where it |
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> > saves such temporary files. |
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> [getting OT regarding xpdf] |
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> Yes, that's the flash plugin. It creates a file and then immediately |
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> deletes it again. But thanks to the open architecture of a Linux system |
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> you can get it back by copying from the file handle in /proc. I have a |
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> little script for that which I'll attach to this message. It looks for all |
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> file handles that link to a (now deleted) file called /tmp/Flash* and |
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> restores the link, printing out the filename it thusly recovered. It could |
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> be a bit refined by only looking for handles of flash player PIDs, but I |
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> guess a human wouldn't perceive the difference anyway. |
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> For youtube, I recommend youtube-dl. It lets you select the video format |
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> and resolution (as offered), downloads the video and automatically renames |
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> the file. |
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Yes, I'm also using xVideoServiceThief for youtube. |
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Thanks for your script! I'll put it through its paces soon. :-) |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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