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+#!/bin/bash
+# Runs an isolated Firefox session in its own profile. - Matt 2007-12-02
+
+#set -x
+
+MDD=~/.mozilla/firefox
+
+function write_profiles_ini {
+	(
+	echo '[General]'
+	echo 'StartWithLastProfile=1'
+	echo
+	i=0
+	for dir in *.*; do
+		if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
+			name="${dir#*.}"
+			echo "[Profile$i]"
+			echo "Name=$name"
+			echo "IsRelative=1"
+			echo "Path=$dir"
+			echo
+			let i=$i+1
+		fi
+	done
+	) >profiles.ini.tmp
+	mv profiles.ini.tmp profiles.ini
+}
+
+function new_profile {
+	name="isolated-$$-$(date +%s)"
+	cp2 00000000.master/ "00000000.$name/"
+	write_profiles_ini
+	echo "$name"
+}
+
+function liquidate_profile {
+	dir="00000000.$name"
+	cdir="changes_$name"
+	rsync -rl --compare-dest=../00000000.master --checksum "$dir/" "$cdir/"
+	rm -rf "$dir"
+	write_profiles_ini
+	find "$cdir" -type d -empty -delete
+	if [ -e "$cdir" ]; then
+		find_out="$(find "$cdir" -type f -print)"
+		zenity --info --text="This session changed the following files; you may wish to review the changes for application to the master profile:
+
+$find_out"
+	fi
+}
+
+function run_isolated {
+	ff="$1"
+	shift
+	name="$(cd "$MDD"; new_profile)"
+	zenity --info --text="Beginning isolated Firefox session $name"
+	"$ff" -no-remote -P "$name" "$@"
+	(cd "$MDD"; liquidate_profile "$name")
+}
+
+run_isolated /usr/bin/firefox "$@"