[CentOS] Problem with chromium 89.0.4389.82

Mon Apr 5 23:34:38 UTC 2021
H <agents at meddatainc.com>

On 04/05/2021 05:55 PM, Albert McCann wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CentOS <centos-bounces at centos.org> On Behalf Of H
>> Sent: Monday, April 5, 2021 4:59 PM
>> To: centos at centos.org
>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Problem with chromium 89.0.4389.82
>>
>>> One thing remains: I would also like to move my entire browsing
>> history from chromium to chrome but am not sure which physical files I
>> need to copy? There does not seem to be a function for exporting
>> browsing history to another browser but I would love to be corrected.
>
>> Further progress - found an extension that allows me to export history,
>> up to 90 days which is the maximum chrome/chromium stores, into a json
>> file from chromium. But, I am still searching for a way to /import/ it
>> into chrome. Have not found an extension for that yet, nor does there
>> seem to be a setting for importing history, only bookmarks.
> On my C7 box, Google Chrome uses the file 
>
> "/home/%user%/.config/google-chrome/Default/History"
>
> for history. It's a SQLite format 3 file, try moving it into the same Chromium
> 'Default' folder, and see if that works. There are other files there that could
> be copied over as well, Bookmarks, Cookies, Preferences, etc.
>
I looked at that file in chromium and it is a text file with SQL statements whereas in chrome it is a binary file. I do not dare move it over, who knows what might be tied into some part of it...