Need to automate import/export or backup bookmarks for an organization

I work in it for a (business) medium sized organization. I need a way to export and export bookmarks for all my users and I need it in a way that is automated or CLI (babysitting 100 + laptops and import in person are not an option). We transfer users to the new laptops in three weeks, but we need this feature to exist later too (so we can build something to automate backups of bookmark and restore with our internal network). We use Zenworks to work, but we have other options of script too.

Any link I found on the command line options to run Firefox with other tools does not allow me to do what I need (that is, I have a way to export to a html element, but it is important do not; - switch migration gives me a GUI). All the resources that I found on Firefox command line arguments are not consistent and not clear on what the options work with which version. As such, I don't even know if options exist which would really help.

Due to security issues, running a plugin or off-site storage favorite's options.

I found the existence of profiles.ini and was able to write a script (beats windows cmd - God help me) to get out of this directory is created for the profile and then copy the files on the user's network drive. I also wrote one to copy a disc on their new profile user network. At this point, the problem I encounter is that firefox does not use the file most recent bookmark - < date > .json who gets slapped in the directory. Something else must refer to what bookmark file name to use. Hoping that there is something in the registry or in a plain text, not a sqllite db file, otherwise I am bit watered.

I guess my question is the following... is there not an easier way to do this, or a command line option (firefox) to do what I need?

Instead, someone has an idea of how I can tell firefox to use a specific bookmark to begin with, or the newest one in the directory profile? Once, it should be hands-off. This isn't a solution for one person.

And third, if there is no answer to my first question, my question to the developers of Firefox is "why is this omitted basic functionality"? In my opinion, it is obvious and quite serious, I'd be willing to call a bug. Many others have the same problem. (If I don't get a viable solution for the first two questions, I'll follow with it in a more appropriate forum or email...)

Thank you people, you really helped my pull together a solution! I think that this solution will be fine for now (I'm under these .bat files as long as the user, no system or an administrator.) I am Deploying via Zenworks, if there is more than one title to skin this cat...

For exports that I did a file named override.ini I put it in c:\program files (x 86) \mozilla firefox\ that it contains:

  • [XRE]
  • EnableProfileMigrator = false

... I needed to do it because I didn't want the GUI to auto import on a first run (turns me off, no matter that it is actually necessary or not in this case).

Beats my export file for XP (because of goto:EOF, you must run cmd.exe for this one with / x):

  • Set copycmd = / y
  • c:
  • If not exist them "%userprofile%\application data\mozilla\firefox\profiles.ini" goto:EOF
  • CD "%userprofile%\application data\mozilla\firefox\.
  • for /f "tokens = 1, 2 delims = /" % in (' findstr/l ".default" profiles.ini") together called var1 = %% j
  • CD profiles\%var1%
  • otherwise there is h:\backupbookmarks (mkdir H:\backupbookmarks)
  • copy H:\backupbookmarks places.sqlite

My .bat import for Windows 7 file:

  • Set copycmd = / y
  • Start "browser" /d "C:\Program Files (x 86) \Mozilla Firefox" firefox.exe
  • time-out period 7
  • c:
  • CD %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\
  • for /f "tokens = 1, 2 delims = /" % in (' findstr/l ".default" profiles.ini") together called var1 = %% j
  • CD profiles\%var1%
  • If exist h:\backupbookmarks\places.sqlite copy h:\backupbookmarks\places.sqlite

Hope that helps someone else out there. I did similar scripts for Chrome and Safari too, so I should really this post on my blog... will have to start a blog that is not only Linux, though!

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