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start google chrome in a new session, and import profile from origin
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start-chrome.sh
#!/bin/bash
# remove ':' from screen id
PROFILE="session${DISPLAY#:}"
PROFILE_DIRECTORY="$HOME/.google-chrome/$PROFILE"
mkdir -p $PROFILE_DIRECTORY
# import profile (includes bookmark) from origin
if [ ! -d "$PROFILE_PATH/Default" ]; then
cp -r $HOME/.config/google-chrome/Default $PROFILE_DIRECTORY/Default;
fi
google-chrome --user-data-dir=$HOME/.google-chrome/$PROFILE
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hrchu commented Jan 26, 2016

modification from https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/chrome/NGs-B3sPiX8

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hrchu commented Jan 26, 2016

My useful scenario: Have multiple x2go sessions with the same linux user. In this case, chrome cannot open in different x2go session. This script creates different profile for different session to solve the problem.

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