googe-chrome-starter

#!/bin/bash
# Usage: Make a symbolic link to this script and call then. 

# get current script path
SCRIPTPATH="$(test -L "$0" && readlink "$0" || echo "$0")"
SCRIPTREALPATH="`readlink -f ${SCRIPTPATH}`"

# if readlink dosnt work
if [ ! -d $SCRIPTREALPATH ] ; then
    SCRIPTREALPATH="$(dirname $SCRIPTPATH)"
fi

# get home directory
HOME="$(realpath ~)"

# get name of symbolic link
SCRIPTNAME="$(basename $0)"

# Profile base folder
PROFILE_BASE_FOLDER="${HOME}/.chromium-browser"

# Profile folder
PROFILE_FOLDER="${PROFILE_BASE_FOLDER}/${SCRIPTNAME}"

# create dir if profile base folder dosnt exist 
if [ ! -d $PROFILE_BASE_FOLDER ] ; then
        echo "creating ${PROFILE_BASE_FOLDER}"
        mkdir $PROFILE_BASE_FOLDER
fi

# create dir if profile folder dosnt exist 
if [ ! -d $PROFILE_FOLDER ] ; then
        echo "creating ${PROFILE_FOLDER}"
        mkdir $PROFILE_FOLDER
fi

/usr/bin/google-chrome --user-data-dir=$PROFILE_FOLDER $* > /dev/null 2>&1 &