`Compiz` profile settings export and import using command line

Question

How can i export and import Compiz current profile settings using Command line. I'm using ubuntu 12.10. Or can i get a script for doing export and import.

Answer 1

I'm not sure of a command line utility, but you can easily do this with a script in python and python-compizconfig package. Here you go:

#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
import compizconfig

#The last input on the command line will be the path to save the file to.
savefile=sys.argv[-1]

context=compizconfig.Context()
#Change keyword if you want to skip saving entries that are default
context.Export(savefile,skipDefaults=False)

To import settings, you could just change the last line to context.Import(savefile)

Now to run, just save and chmod +x scriptname.py and run scriptname.py PATH or run with python scriptname.py PATH if you don't chmod.

WARNING- I have only tested a bit and basic functionality works, but I guarantee nothing. The script can be made much more robust and functional. You have to also enter a full path for the export function to write anything (you can use a tilde to expand to one: ~/example.profile)