Set firefox start page with script?

rossini23 · #1 24th September 2007, 07:09 AM

For some reason, I want to set firefox start page with script.
Can anyone provide one?
Is gconftool-2 possible for this task?

***Dangermouse*** · #2 24th September 2007, 08:35 AM

Hello not sure what you want, but this may help a bit

Quote:

#! /bin/bash

typeset -r FIREFOX="`which firefox`"

$FIREFOX http://www.google.com

giulix · #3 24th September 2007, 09:29 AM

Exit any instance of the browser and change your preferences file, located in $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxx.default/prefs.js, where xxxxx is a randomly generated string specific to your installation. The entry you're looking for is "browser.startup.homepage". Restart the browser.

Code:

sed -i 's/user_pref("browser.startup.homepage",.*/user_pref("browser.startup.homepage","www.site.com");/' $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/prefs.js