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(or any other location/file name of your choice) | (or any other location/file name of your choice) | ||
* 3. Start Firefox and your leak log will be created. | * 3. Start Firefox from the same command line and your leak log will be created. | ||
Note: | Note: | ||
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* When you test Firefox or your Extensions for leaks, you need to enter the command above every time you start the Console/Terminal | * When you test Firefox or your Extensions for leaks, you need to enter the command above every time you start the Console/Terminal | ||
* Once you have this log from a complete run of the browser, you have | * You may add the environmental variables to the PATH in the Windows Control Panel to run Firefox from the Windows GUI instead of the command line. | ||
to exit; otherwise it will look like everything leaked | |||
* Once you have this log from a complete run of the browser, you have to exit; otherwise it will look like everything leaked | |||
* Every time you start Firefox after you have defined the environment variables, your existing leak log will be overwritten. So if you want to reproduce a leak, or when you want to save a leak log, you need to change the file name (like from leak1.log to leak2.log) next time before you run Firefox. | * Every time you start Firefox after you have defined the environment variables, your existing leak log will be overwritten. So if you want to reproduce a leak, or when you want to save a leak log, you need to change the file name (like from leak1.log to leak2.log) next time before you run Firefox. | ||
See also the steps for testing for more Information. | See also the steps for testing for more Information. | ||
=== The Leak Gauge Leak Log File=== | === The Leak Gauge Leak Log File=== | ||