Where can i find my bookmarks in firefox?

[vitalstrike82]

Hi i want to reformat my machine and i want to copy out the bookmarks in the firefox.
This is what i have done

#rpm -qa | grep -i firefox
beagle-firefox-0.2.16.3-1.13
MozillaFirefox-2.0.0.2-2.13
MozillaFirefox-translations-2.0.0.2-2.13

Next i use this command to find where firefox is
rpm -ql MozillaFirefox-2.0.0.2-2.13

Next i went to the firefox directory but i cant find where the bookmarks are. Where can i find the bookmarks? Thanks

 # /usr/lib/firefox> ls -l
total 12576
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     243 2007-05-19 02:08 browserconfig.properties
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    2384 2007-11-18 21:25 chrome
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    1584 2007-11-20 11:43 components
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root     128 2007-05-19 02:07 defaults
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     112 2007-11-18 21:17 dictionaries
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root     232 2007-12-07 18:48 extensions
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9962960 2007-05-19 02:08 firefox-bin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    4316 2007-05-19 02:08 firefox.sh
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     144 2007-11-18 21:17 greprefs
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     176 2007-11-18 21:17 icons
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  623780 2007-05-19 02:08 libmozjs.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  393624 2007-05-19 02:08 libnss3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  252760 2007-05-19 02:08 libnssckbi.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  126016 2007-05-19 02:08 libsmime3.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     476 2007-05-19 02:07 libsoftokn3.chk
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  273228 2007-05-19 02:08 libsoftokn3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  143480 2007-05-19 02:08 libssl3.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  106436 2007-05-19 02:08 libxpcom_compat.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  802164 2007-05-19 02:08 libxpcom_core.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    9428 2007-05-19 02:08 libxpcom.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   12524 2007-05-19 02:08 libxpistub.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   10932 2007-05-19 02:08 mozilla-xremote-client
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root      80 2007-11-18 21:17 plugins
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root    1688 2007-11-18 21:17 res
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   10492 2007-05-19 02:07 run-mozilla.sh
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root     512 2007-11-18 21:17 searchplugins
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   59524 2007-05-19 02:08 updater
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     145 2007-05-19 02:07 updater.ini
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root      72 2007-11-20 11:43 updates
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   22840 2007-05-19 02:08 xpicleanup

[oz]

If you have any bookmarks in Mozilla, they should be buried deep within the hidden .mozilla folder found in your /home directory.

It should look something like this:

/home/username/.mozilla/firefox/plsr5qoj.default/bookmarks.html

[gogalthorp]

Note that all your personal settings and data are stored in your home directory, most often in hidden folders ie hidden files and folders are proceeded by a period.

You can see hidden files in your file browser by checking View-Hidden Files in the menu.

[waterhead]

Firefox will let you export your bookmarks, then you can import them later.

Click on the Bookmarks menu at the top of the window:
Bookmarks --->
Organize Bookmarks

Then
File --->
Export

It will export them as a HTML file.

[amydey]

Alternatively, you could install the Google Browser Sync add-in to Firefox. It securely copies all your settings, including bookmarks, cookies and saved passwords to its server. Then when you re-install everything, just add Google Browser Sync back in and it will copy all your settings back. It's platform agnostic, and will keep all your bookmarks synced across lots of different machines, be they Linux, Unix, Windows, Mac or anything else. You'll need a Google login, but if you use GMail/Googlemail, you'll already have one.

Amy

[waterhead]

Send your passwords across the internet? That does not sound like a very good idea, I hope that it is a secure connection.

[amydey]

You can choose to encrypt your bookmarks, history, and tabs/windows. Passwords and cookies are always encrypted.