Hi

I have debian on hdb and FC5 on hda1, using firefox in FC5, I need to point it to the bookmarks in debian, I know how to do this but I don't know the location of the bookmark file.
:~$ locate bookmarks.html
/etc/firefox/profile/bookmarks.html
/etc/mozilla-firefox/profile/bookmarks.html

niether of the files above "when opened in a broswer" show my book makrs, so I concluded these are not the ones.

please help
thanks

/home/username/..mozilla/firefox/profilename/bookmarks.html

that will not do, notice my OP
...
:~$ locate bookmarks.html
/etc/firefox/profile/bookmarks.html
/etc/mozilla-firefox/profile/bookmarks.html

where the login prompt is for <user>.

Little correction on the answer from JackieBrown: the .mozilla file is just a single dot, like /home/<username>/.mozilla/default/{0...9,a...z}.slt/bookmarks.html The {0...9,a...z} means a random collection of numbers and letters in random order. Note that this path is on my machine, using the Mozilla 1.7 Suite. Therefor FF may use another path.

Right you are Dutch Master about the ..

Here is mine
/home/<username>/.mozilla/firefox/ldz4cp7s.default/bookmarks.html

JackieBrown, Dutch Master

I must be missing something because the locations both of you
suggested should have been picked up using the locate command as
described in my original post, if not, could you please tell us why,
and if it is, then why the content of the files when opened as
suggested in my post did not reveal the information.

thanks

:~$ ls -a .mozilla/firefox/gzphpktp.default/bookmarks.html

Maybe "locate" doesn't pick up strings in hidden folders.

Try this "$ find /home/ | grep bookmarks.html"

One obvious solution:

Try exporting the bookmarks as a HTML file and then you can copy it and use it anywhere.

Better yet try using Google Browser Sync
http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/browsersync/

That way you have the same bookmarks on whatever system you use.

I read the link. It appears to me that you have to let Google into your computer; not only once, but every time you want to sync the bookmarks files. Google is still my search engine of choice for obvious reasons, but I'm starting to view their antics a bit suspiciously. I don't think I prefer to have them reviewing my bookmarks regularly.

I dual boot 32 and 64 bit Debian OSes, and in each system, I maintain a bookmark to the bookmark.html file on the other "side." That way, if I bookmark a site on the 64-bit, then want it when I'm working in 32-bit, it's easy to get.

Did you update the database the locate command uses prior to using the locate command? As root:Another option is to look for the file in the GUI: open your homefolder and select 'show hidden files' when you rightclick in that directory. There should be either a Mozilla or Firefox directory with a leading dot. On the cli, do to get the same results.

<edit: I see only now that you did just that... oops >