twpayne / mozillainstallhash

Go package to get the Mozilla install hash used to differentiate between installs

mozillainstallhash

Gets the Mozilla install hash used to differentiate between installs in installs.ini and profiles.ini.

Example

First run:

go get github.com/bradenhilton/mozillainstallhash

(and possibly)

go get github.com/bradenhilton/cityhash

Create a new file e.g. get_mozilla_install_hash.go:

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"os"
	"strings"

	"github.com/bradenhilton/mozillainstallhash"
)

const usage = `Gets the install hash used to determine different versions of Mozilla software

Usage:
  get_mozilla_install_hash ["<path>"] ["<path>"] etc.

Where <path> is a string describing the parent directory of
the executable, e.g. "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox", with
platform specific path separators ("\" on Windows and "/" on Unix-like systems)

Example:
  get_mozilla_install_hash "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox"
  308046B0AF4A39CB

  get_mozilla_install_hash "C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox"
  9D561FCD08DC6D55`

func main() {
	if len(os.Args) > 1 {
		paths := os.Args[1:]
		for _, path := range paths {
			path = strings.TrimSuffix(path, "/")
			path = strings.TrimSuffix(path, "\\")
			hash := mozillainstallhash.GetMozillaInstallHash(path)
			fmt.Print(hash)
		}
	} else {
		log.Println(fmt.Errorf("error: no path specified"))
		fmt.Println(usage)
	}
}

Run it:

go run get_mozilla_install_hash.go "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox" "/usr/lib/firefox"

Output:

308046B0AF4A39CB
4F96D1932A9F858E