Comments on: Build script for Firefox extensions in Mac OS X http://arjansnaterse.nl/build-script-firefox-extensions-mac-os Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:12:49 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sebastian Hennebrueder http://arjansnaterse.nl/build-script-firefox-extensions-mac-os/comment-page-1#comment-164 Sebastian Hennebrueder Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:25:03 +0000 http://arjansnaterse.nl/?p=151#comment-164 Hello, I have shortended your script and made it more stable. mkdir -p foo/bar/bazz will create the full path if it doesn't exist yet. In addition I replaced the copy with a find in case there are no update files and I make the copying of the preferences optional. Here is my result Best Regards / Viele Grüße Sebastian Hennebrueder #!/bin/bash # @(#) --Builds Firefox extensions BASELOC=$PWD EXTENSION=$1 mkdir -p ./build/chrome cd ./chrome rm -f .DS_Store zip -r $EXTENSION.jar ./ mv $EXTENSION.jar .././build/chrome cd $BASELOC cp ./install.* ./build find . -name 'update.*' | xargs -I % cp % ./build cp ./*.manifest ./build if [ -d "./defaults/preferences" ]; then mkdir -p ./build/defaults/preferences cd ./defaults/preferences cp ./*.* ../../build/defaults/preferences fi cd "$BASELOC/build" rm -f .DS_Store zip -r $EXTENSION.xpi ./* mv $EXTENSION.xpi ../ cd ../ rm -r build ## Restart Firefox and install extension #killall firefox-bin && /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -install-global-extension $PWD/$EXTENSION.xpi && open -a Firefox Hello,
I have shortended your script and made it more stable.
mkdir -p foo/bar/bazz will create the full path if it doesn’t exist yet. In addition I replaced the copy with a find in case there are no update files and I make the copying of the preferences optional.

Here is my result
Best Regards / Viele Grüße
Sebastian Hennebrueder

#!/bin/bash

# @(#) –Builds Firefox extensions
BASELOC=$PWD
EXTENSION=$1

mkdir -p ./build/chrome
cd ./chrome
rm -f .DS_Store
zip -r $EXTENSION.jar ./

mv $EXTENSION.jar .././build/chrome
cd $BASELOC

cp ./install.* ./build
find . -name ‘update.*’ | xargs -I % cp % ./build
cp ./*.manifest ./build

if [ -d "./defaults/preferences" ]; then
mkdir -p ./build/defaults/preferences
cd ./defaults/preferences
cp ./*.* ../../build/defaults/preferences
fi
cd “$BASELOC/build”

rm -f .DS_Store

zip -r $EXTENSION.xpi ./*
mv $EXTENSION.xpi ../
cd ../
rm -r build

## Restart Firefox and install extension
#killall firefox-bin && /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -install-global-extension $PWD/$EXTENSION.xpi && open -a Firefox

]]> By: Extensions build script updated | Arjan Snaterse http://arjansnaterse.nl/build-script-firefox-extensions-mac-os/comment-page-1#comment-37 Extensions build script updated | Arjan Snaterse Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:24:29 +0000 http://arjansnaterse.nl/?p=151#comment-37 [...] I wrote a post about building Firefox extensions in Mac OS. Unfortunately the script didn’t work perfectly so I have updated it [...] [...] I wrote a post about building Firefox extensions in Mac OS. Unfortunately the script didn’t work perfectly so I have updated it [...]

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