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https://github.com/allanlaal/firefox-search-engines-backupper
Backups ALL of your Firefox and Firefox ESR profiles search engines automatically
https://github.com/allanlaal/firefox-search-engines-backupper
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Backups ALL of your Firefox and Firefox ESR profiles search engines automatically
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/allanlaal/firefox-search-engines-backupper
- Owner: allanlaal
- License: unlicense
- Created: 2024-05-22T12:55:32.000Z (8 months ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-05-22T14:22:26.000Z (8 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-22T14:33:01.071Z (8 months ago)
- Language: Shell
- Size: 5.86 KB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# firefox-search-engines-backupper
Backups ALL of your Firefox and Firefox ESR profiles search engines automatically.
## SOLVES:
Firefox LOVES to delete all custom search engines.
## Installation and Usage
### Clone the Repository
#### Linux and Mac
Open a terminal and run the following commands:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/firefox-search-engines-backupper.git
cd firefox-search-engines-backupper
chmod +x firefox-search-engines-backupper.bash
```
#### Windows
1. Install Git for Windows from [here](https://gitforwindows.org/).
2. Open "Git Bash" from the Start menu.
3. In the Git Bash window, run the following commands:
```bash
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/firefox-search-engines-backupper.git
cd firefox-search-engines-backupper
chmod +x firefox-search-engines-backupper.bash
```
### Run the Script
#### Linux and Mac
```bash
./firefox-search-engines-backupper.bash
```
#### Windows
1. Open "Git Bash" from the Start menu.
2. Navigate to the script directory and run the script:
```bash
cd /path/to/firefox-search-engines-backupper
./firefox-search-engines-backupper.bash
```
### Automation
#### Linux
Add this to your cron to run nightly:
1. Open the crontab editor:
```bash
crontab -e
```
2. Add the following line to run the script at 2 AM every day:
```bash
0 2 * * * /path/to/firefox-search-engines-backupper/firefox-search-engines-backupper.bash
```
#### Windows
To schedule a task in Windows to run the script nightly:
1. Open Task Scheduler and create a new task.
2. In the "General" tab, name your task.
3. In the "Triggers" tab, create a new trigger to start daily at a specific time.
4. In the "Actions" tab, create a new action:
- Action: Start a program
- Program/script: `C:\path\to\bash.exe`
- Add arguments: `-c "/path/to/firefox-search-engines-backupper/firefox-search-engines-backupper.bash"`
5. Save the task.
#### Mac
To add a cron job on macOS:
1. Open the Terminal.
2. Edit the crontab file:
```bash
crontab -e
```
3. Add the following line to run the script at 2 AM every day:
```bash
0 2 * * * /path/to/firefox-search-engines-backupper/firefox-search-engines-backupper.bash
```
Make sure to replace `/path/to/` with the actual path to the script on your system.
## Recommendations:
### https://github.com/evilpie/add-custom-search-engine
Add a custom search engine to the list of available search engines in Firefox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-custom-search-engine/
### https://github.com/soufianesakhi/firefox-search-engines-helper
Export, import and add custom firefox search engines