#----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ safari_hist v1.1 http://jafat.sourceforge.net Copyright 2006,2007 - Jake Cunningham #----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ Background: =========== The Safari web browser on MacOSX stores its browser history in the file: <~user>/Library/Safari/History.plist. This program parses the binary Histpry.plist file and presents its contents in TAB delimited format. It has been tested on Linux with GNUstep on x86. This history file is a binary plist. More info on plist files can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plist Installing: ============ safari_hist is being distributed in both binary and source code formats. The binary version: The binary version is a statically linked binary built on Linux and should run on any x86 Linux distribution. To install the binary version, simply unpack the tarball and copy the safari_hist binary to your desired location. To compile the source code version: - Install GNUstep (See: http://www.gnustep.org) - Initialize the GNUstep environment using the following command: (Assuming GNUstep is installed in /usr/lib/GNUstep) ". /usr/lib/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh" - Unpack the source code and compile: tar xzvf safari_hist.tar.gz cd safari_hist make After compilation, the dynamically linked binary will be in the obj/shared_obj directory. Copy this binary to your desired location. To statically compile the binary substitute "make" command with: make shared=no The resulting statically linked binary will be in the obj/static_obj/ directory. Usage: ====== $ safari_hist The output is written to STDOUT in TAB delimited format. Changes: ======== v1.0 - Initial public release v1.1 - Added the title of the page to the output. LICENSE: ======== safari_hist (Copyright 2006,2007 Jake Cunningham) is distributed under the GNU GPL v2. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. #----------------------------------------------------------------------------\