Add some tools for copying data out of Firefox, for backups.

copy_firefox_data.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# This script makes local backups of tabs and passwords from Firefox, and then regularly copies them to a backup server
+#
+# firefox_decrypt.py is available from https://github.com/Unode/firefox_decrypt
+#
+# firefox_tabgroups_export.py is available from https://gist.github.com/ssokolow/35097553e5173935e597
+# The version in this repo modifes the original to export only as text
+#
+
+epoch=$( date +%Y%m%d%H%M );
+#server=10.25.0.1
+server=treehouse.org.za
+backups=~/Downloads/firefox
+
+copy() {
+    content=$1
+    if [ -e ${content} ] && ping -qc1 ${server} >/dev/null; then 
+        rsync -a --delete -e 'ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa-firefox_pass' ${content} ${server}:remember/
+        #scp -ri ~/.ssh/id_rsa-firefox_pass ${backups}/firefox_tabs.${epoch} ${server}:remember/tabs
+    fi
+}
+
+if  [ -x ~/bin/firefox_tabgroups_export.py ]; then
+    do_copy=0
+    mkdir -p ${backups}/tabs
+    mkdir -p ${backups}/tabs/sessionstore
+    previous=$( ls ${backups}/tabs/firefox_tabs.*  | tail -1 )
+    ~/bin/firefox_tabgroups_export.py > ${backups}/tabs/firefox_tabs.${epoch}
+    if [ -f ${previous} ]; then
+        if diff -q ${previous} ${backups}/tabs/firefox_tabs.${epoch} >/dev/null; then
+            # No difference, remove this file
+            rm ${backups}/tabs/firefox_tabs.${epoch}
+        else
+            do_copy=1
+        fi
+    else
+        do_copy=1
+    fi
+
+    # Delete backups older than $time
+    find ${backups}/tabs -ctime +365 -delete
+
+    if [ ${do_copy} ]; then
+        for session in ~/.mozilla/firefox/*/sessionstore*/*; do
+            sessionfile=$( basename ${session} )
+            cp ${session} ${backups}/tabs/sessionstore/${epoch}_${sessionfile}
+        done
+        copy ${backups}/tabs
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [ -x ~/bin/firefox_decrypt.py ]; then
+    do_copy=0
+    mkdir -p ${backups}/passwords
+    previous=$( ls ${backups}/passwords/firefox_passwords.*  | tail -1 )
+    echo '' | ~/bin/firefox_decrypt.py > ${backups}/passwords/firefox_passwords.${epoch}
+    if [ -f ${previous} ]; then
+        if diff -q ${previous} ${backups}/passwords/firefox_passwords.${epoch} >/dev/null; then
+            # No difference, remove this file
+            rm ${backups}/passwords/firefox_passwords.${epoch}
+        else
+            do_copy=1
+        fi
+    else
+        do_copy=1
+    fi
+
+    # Delete backups older than $time
+    find ${backups}/passwords -ctime +1 -delete
+
+    if [ ${do_copy} ]; then
+        ln -srf ${backups}/passwords/firefox_passwords.${epoch} ${backups}/passwords/firefox_passwords
+        copy ${backups}/passwords
+    fi
+fi