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quick & dirty script to backup Firefox's sessionstore (contains open tabs, etc). run @daily via cron for maximum comfort.
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backupSessionstore.sh
#!/bin/sh
SESSIONSTORE="<path to Firefox profile dir>/<profile>.default/sessionstore.js"
TARGET="<some secure/synced location>/sessionstore"
# TODO: add other files here (bookmarks?)
FORMAT=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
cp "${SESSIONSTORE}" "${TARGET}/${FORMAT}_sessionstore.js"
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How to find your profile directory: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data

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