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How to backup multiple users' history.dat file
Gday,
I would like to be able to backup multiple users' history.dat files in their firefox profile folder. The file is found in:
/home/<user>/.mozilla/fire
The problem is that there are two variables that change in the file path on a per user basis. The first is the username and the second is the <random> part of the profile.
cp /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*
The above command seems to work fine with the wildcards, however it runs in to a problem after the first history.dat file gets backed and complains about overwriting the existing file. Obviously I can force the overwrite but that would leave me with only one file.
Is there any way I can append the username to the file and back it up through something like rsync to a NAS.
i.e. history.dat_user1, history.dat_user2
I would like to do this daily and overwrite the files so only the latest copy of the history file is archived.
Cheers
I would like to be able to backup multiple users' history.dat files in their firefox profile folder. The file is found in:
/home/<user>/.mozilla/fire
The problem is that there are two variables that change in the file path on a per user basis. The first is the username and the second is the <random> part of the profile.
cp /home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*
The above command seems to work fine with the wildcards, however it runs in to a problem after the first history.dat file gets backed and complains about overwriting the existing file. Obviously I can force the overwrite but that would leave me with only one file.
Is there any way I can append the username to the file and back it up through something like rsync to a NAS.
i.e. history.dat_user1, history.dat_user2
I would like to do this daily and overwrite the files so only the latest copy of the history file is archived.
Cheers
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thanks mate
great! it worked on my fedora 7 box. did not think of checking up with what flavor you had. good luck in any case.
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I modified the script to use rsync and to mount and unmount a NAS drive. Just a quick note that *.profile did not work, I had to change it to *.
Cheers