On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:47:51 +0200 Frank Steinmetzger <war...@gmx.de> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 08:03:53PM -0500, »Q« wrote: > > On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:06:01 +0000 (UTC) > > James <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > […] > > > What I'm after is manually coping the bookmarks > > > for seamonkey to another (kde)workstation. > > > > As pk says, the bookmarks are now stored in an sqlite database, > > along with browser history. The best way to port them to another > > machine is to use the bookmarks manager (ctrl+b) to make a backup > > (within the manager, that's Tools » Backup), then use the restore > > option in the new SeaMonkey. > > > > It's also possible to use export/import instead of backup/restore, > > but backup/restore creates and uses a json file, whereas > > export/import creates and uses an html file. Less info is lost > > with the json file. But note that using restore will overwrite > > existing bookmarks. > > There’s nothting wrong in copying places.sqlite itself. That way, > you can also backup your entire history. Of course, the file is also > a bit bigger because of that. That's true. There used to be a places.sqlite-journal file as well, which should be deleted from the profile a places.sqlite file is being copied to, but I don't see it any more in either Firefox or SeaMonkey.
