Re: Is it possible to dump a sqlite db that has an associated -wal file?

On Sonntag, 16. Februar 2020 21:50:18 CET Simon Slavin wrote:
> On 16 Feb 2020, at 8:44pm, Stefan Brüns <[email protected]> 
wrote:
> > On Sonntag, 16. Februar 2020 21:26:00 CET Simon Slavin wrote:
> >>> One use case I am aware of (although this targets places.sqlite, not
> >>> cookies.sqlite) is reading the history, bookmarks and tags.>> 
> >> These things can be done using the bookmarks API, WebExtensions API, and
> >> other methods.  Reading the SQLite database is actually more difficult.> 
> > AFAIK this only works while FF is running ...
> 
> That is the problem that started this thread: that the database file could
> not be opened while FF was running.

The database being inaccessible while FF is running does not equate to FF is 
always running. Both cases (with and without FF running) have to be covered.

And having to write two different access methods (direct access and through 
bookmarks API) is obviously the worst of all variants.

Regards,

Stefan

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