How to empty caches on a mac d/top

am being told that i need to empty firefox cache.
i went to the preferences and selected advance and clicked on the empty now pane .has this all i have to do or is there more.
i am useing a apple imac with 10.6.5 o/s

No, clicking the "Clear Now" button is enough to clear the cache. You get no confirmation. You can verify the current cache usage via the location bar on the about:cache page.

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