From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 3 08:11:29 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 106C89E for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2014 08:11:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from man.dat.pl (dat.pl [80.51.155.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C596ADF3 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2014 08:11:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from man.dat.pl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by man.dat.pl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C19F2D2A211; Wed, 3 Dec 2014 09:04:45 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at dat.pl Received: from man.dat.pl ([127.0.0.1]) by man.dat.pl (man.dat.pl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id nmkF5ehpn0FC; Wed, 3 Dec 2014 09:04:45 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <547EC41C.4060002@dat.pl> Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 09:04:44 +0100 From: Maciej Milewski MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ernie Luzar Subject: Re: firefox bookmarks verifier References: <547E4CD8.4010509@gmail.com> <20141203005232.GA64389@3006.local> <20141203022349.8c81b802.freebsd@edvax.de> <547E7FAD.2040305@gmail.com> <20141203044125.99e72ede.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20141203044125.99e72ede.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 08:11:29 -0000 On 03.12.2014 04:41, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 11:12:45 +0800, Ernie Luzar wrote: >> So your answer is that Firefox has no built in function to verify book= marks? > At least I have not found that functionality. Maybe there > is an add-on, add-in, extension or plugin or something that > offers that feature? I'm not sure, Firefox is not my primary > browser, so I sadly cannot answer more precisely, sorry. No built-in. Use search function in firefox extensions: there should be few of them. First shot: Bookmarks Checker. >> When I imported my bookmarks from my MS browser into Firefox they were= =20 >> all organized in folders just like they were in the MS browser. Now wh= en=20 >> to go to export Firefox bookmarks I get them listed in URL sorted orde= r=20 >> missing there organized folders. This is not acceptable. > Definitely not acceptable. So my suggestion would be not > to use the export function, but to work with the bookmark > file directly. As far as I remember, it's in HTML and > therefore keeps the organisation (which is then represented > as folders in the GUI). The re-creation of this structure > should be easy for the URIs which have been verified as > still intact. The bookmark file could act as a template > for a "copy if not 404 or bookmark title !=3D HTML " > routine. > >> Where does Firefox store the raw bookmarks html file? This file must b= e=20 >> like a directory tree with each folder being a sub-directory. > No, I think it's one file using HTML to hold the structure > for the URIs. It's probably named bookmarks.html and it is > located somewhere in ~/.mozilla/firefox, or whereever it > keeps it configuration this year. ;-) I suspect somewhere where is the file places.sqlite? You can export it from Bookmarks Manager to html or save a copy in .json format. json should preserve all folders. --=20 Pozdrawiam, Maciej Milewski