firefox-isolated

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2 # Runs an isolated Firefox session in its own profile. - Matt 2007-12-02
   3
   4 #set -x
   5
   6 MDD=~/.mozilla/firefox
   7
   8 function write_profiles_ini {
   9         (
  10         echo '[General]'
  11         echo 'StartWithLastProfile=1'
  12         echo
  13         i=0
  14         for dir in *.*; do
  15                 if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
  16                         name="${dir#*.}"
  17                         echo "[Profile$i]"
  18                         echo "Name=$name"
  19                         echo "IsRelative=1"
  20                         echo "Path=$dir"
  21                         echo
  22                         let i=$i+1
  23                 fi
  24         done
  25         ) >profiles.ini.tmp
  26         mv profiles.ini.tmp profiles.ini
  27 }
  28
  29 function new_profile {
  30         name="isolated-$$-$(date +%s)"
  31         cp2 00000000.master/ "00000000.$name/"
  32         write_profiles_ini
  33         echo "$name"
  34 }
  35
  36 function liquidate_profile {
  37         dir="00000000.$name"
  38         cdir="changes_$name"
  39         rsync -rl --compare-dest=../00000000.master --checksum "$dir/" "$cdir/"
  40         rm -rf "$dir"
  41         write_profiles_ini
  42         find "$cdir" -type d -empty -delete
  43         if [ -e "$cdir" ]; then
  44                 find_out="$(find "$cdir" -type f -print)"
  45                 zenity --info --text="This session changed the following files; you may wish to review the changes for application to the master profile:
  46
  47 $find_out"
  48         fi
  49 }
  50
  51 function run_isolated {
  52         ff="$1"
  53         shift
  54         name="$(cd "$MDD"; new_profile)"
  55         zenity --info --text="Beginning isolated Firefox session $name"
  56         "$ff" -no-remote -P "$name" "$@"
  57         (cd "$MDD"; liquidate_profile "$name")
  58 }
  59
  60 run_isolated /usr/bin/firefox "$@"