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Auto Firefox Profile Backup

Jul 14th, 2025
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  1. #!/bin/bash
  2.  
  3. # === Auto Firefox Profile Backup ===
  4.  
  5. echo "📦 Backing up Firefox profile..."
  6.  
  7. # Auto-detect current profile
  8. LOCAL_PROFILE=$(awk -F= '/^Path/ && f {print $2; exit} /^\[Profile[0-9]+\]/ {f=1}' ~/.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini)
  9.  
  10. if [[ -z "$LOCAL_PROFILE" ]]; then
  11. echo "❌ Could not detect Firefox profile. Aborting."
  12. exit 1
  13. fi
  14.  
  15. # Set paths
  16. SOURCE_DIR="$HOME/.mozilla/firefox"
  17. TAR_FILE="$HOME/firefox-profile-backup.tar.gz"
  18.  
  19. # Optional: Timestamped archive instead
  20. # TAR_FILE="$HOME/firefox-profile-backup_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).tar.gz"
  21.  
  22. echo "🗂️ Creating archive $TAR_FILE from $LOCAL_PROFILE..."
  23. cd "$SOURCE_DIR" || exit 1
  24. tar -czvf "$TAR_FILE" "$LOCAL_PROFILE" profiles.ini
  25.  
  26. echo "✅ Backup complete: $TAR_FILE"
  27.  
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