Shell Script: Opera Auto Backup
I’m using Opera 9.5 on my machine with Zenwalk Linux for the operating system. Sometimes an error is occuring on Zenwalk when I compiling source code etc and I have to force shutdown my machine. If it happens when Opera is performing connection to mail server or checking for RSS updates, big chance that there will be a crash and destroy all my mail account and RSS feeds.
So I wrote a simple shell script to perform backup Opera’s files everytime I start my machine. I save this file as opera-backup.sh.
#!/bin/sh
SOURCE="/home/sandal/.opera"
TARGET="/home/sandal/.backup"
FILE=`date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M`
tar cfzP $TARGET/$FILE.tgz $SOURCE;
Then I add this shell script into Autostarted Applications (XFCE Menu - Settings - Autostarted Applications) so everytime I start my machine it will backup my Opera files. Whenever Opera crashes again, I can simply restore it from backup.
And by the way, Opera has released Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta, currently for Windows Mobile version.
Opera Mobile 9.5 Delayed Two Days
Previously, I wrote that Opera Mobile 9.5 would be released today, July 15th. Apparently, Opera delays the launching date to give developer a little extra time to fix the bugs. Then came a rumor that Opera Mobile 9.5 will be released two days after today, which means it will be released on July 17th.
I hope they don’t forget to release the UIQ version, beside of the Windows Mobile version.
Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta, Soon
Today I read nice info from Opera Mobile Development Blog that saying Opera Mobile 9.5 beta will be released for public test on July 15th. This mobile browser is using the same rendering engine as latest Opera desktop version.
Some mobile phones are already equiped with Opera Mobile 9.5 such as HTC Touch Diamond. This is because preparing an application to work on different platform is a lot of work compared to application for specific platform.
Let’s just wait for the public beta release and by the way how is Fennec going?