Automatically backup Google Chrome important files ('Current Session','Current Tabs','Last Session','Last Tabs','Bookmarks','Preferences') to Google Drive by default. This can be added in crontab for more efficiency.

backup_google_chrome_important_files.sh

#!/bin/sh

###
# @license http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Apache License, Version 2.0
# @author Mehdi Chaouch <[email protected]> <@advocodo>
# @copyright Copyright (c) 2020 ADVOCODO (https://www.advocodo.com)
###

#set -v
#set -x

CURRENT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
PROGNAME=$(basename $0)

error_exit() {
  echo "⚠️  ${PROGNAME}: ${1:-"Unknown Error"}" 1>&2
  exit 1
}

usage() {
  usage="Automatically backup Google Chrome important files ('Current Session','Current Tabs','Last Session','Last Tabs','Bookmarks','Preferences') to Google Drive by default

usage:
  $PROGNAME [-h] -p profile -t target_folder

General Options:
  -h, --help Show help.
  -p         Google Chrome profile name (default: $PROFILE).
  -t         target folder to backup files (default: $TARGET).

Exemple:
  sh $PROGNAME -p Default -t $HOME/GDrive/__Google_Chrome_backup_files

this can be added in crontab for more efficiency:
* * * * * sh $CURRENT_DIR/$PROGNAME -p Default -t $HOME/GDrive/__Google_Chrome_backup_files 1>&2"

  echo "$usage" >&2
  exit 1
}

while getopts ":h:p:t:" OPTION; do
  case "$OPTION" in
    h) usage
       ;;
    p) PROFILE=$OPTARG
       ;;
    t) TARGET=$OPTARG
       ;;
    :) printf "missing argument for -%s\n" "$OPTARG" >&2
       usage
       ;;
   \?) printf "illegal option: -%s\n" "$OPTARG" >&2
       usage
       ;;
  esac
done
shift $((OPTIND - 1))

# Make sure user entered all required parameters
[ -z "${PROFILE}" ] || [ -z "${TARGET}" ] && usage

mkdir -p $TARGET

FILES=("Current Session" "Current Tabs" "Last Session" "Last Tabs" "Bookmarks" "Preferences")
for FILENAME in "${FILES[@]}"; do
  SRC="$HOME/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/$PROFILE/$FILENAME"
  [ ! -f "$SRC" ] && continue
  cp -a "$SRC" "$TARGET" && echo "🍺  Backuped « $TARGET/$FILENAME » successfully" || error_exit "Error backuping « $TARGET/$FILENAME »"
done