[Jslib] Re: newbie: remove locked file? find mozilla path?

pete collins petejc@mozdev.org
Mon, 19 Aug 2002 20:24:44 -0400


//chill wrote:
>  Hi, sort of newbie here, searched for answers but found none.
> 
> I've created a checkbox which basically copies the flash plugin and 
> renames it, then copies it back to turn off obnoxious crap on web pages. 
> Works ok, unless Mozilla is using flash, which then I cannot delete the 
> file. Anyway around this?
> 
> Also right now I'm hardcoding the path to the plugin, but I'd prefer to 
> have the path relative to Mozilla. But how do I grab the location of 
> Mozilla? I know I can use the ChromeToPath function but is there 
> something better, like an environment variable I can grab?
> 
> BTW jslib rocks!
> Thanks
> Chris Hill

You would want dirUtils.js

Doc:
   http://jslib.mozdev.org/libraries/io/dirUtils.js.html

Just about every useful directory relative to mozilla is in there.

--pete