---
name: "nscache"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nscache"
version: "0.6-3"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nscache"
---

# nscache(1)

Netscape browser cache viewer and manager

## NAME

nscache - Netscape browser cache viewer and manager

## SYNOPSIS

**nscache** \[ *options* \]

## DESCRIPTION

NScache is simple program for viewing and manging contents of Netscape(tm) browser cache directory.

When you press right mouse button inside tree list, you can make any action on selected item. You can save file from cache to other location, you can  remove files and entries from chache (one or all entries for server), or you can compute numbers of documents in subtrees and size of all documets in  subtree. You can launch any viewer command on cache file or on source URL. The viewers you can assign to any MIME type. You can also copy selected URL to clipboard.

NScache can also list the contents of the cache on stdout by using the  **-l** option

## OPTIONS

- **-f --db\_file=*FILENAME***

  set cache file to *FILENAME*

- **-l --list**

  list cache directory contents to stdout

- **-m --multi-line**

  print multi line info about each cache entry when listing cache content

- **-s --short**

  print short listing when listing cache content (default)

- **-v --version**

  display nscache version

- **-h --help**

  displays help

## CAVEATS

Only tested with Netscape 4 and unlikely to work with any other version.

## AUTHOR

Stefan Ondrejicka \<ondrej@idata.sk\>