Friday, February 1, 2013

backup delicious bookmarks (curl, xml format)

Backing up delicious bookmarks
#!/bin/sh
# Your delicious username and password, separated by a colon
CREDENTIALS="UserName:YourPassword"
# Location where the backup will be stored
BACKUP_DIR="$HOME/backups/del.icio.us"
if [ ! -d "$BACKUP_DIR" ] ; then
mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
fi
DATE=$(date +"%Y%m%d")

curl --user "$CREDENTIALS" -o "$BACKUP_DIR/bookmarks-$DATE.xml" -O "https://api.del.icio.us/v1/posts/all"

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