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Diffstat (limited to 'docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_COOKIELIST.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_COOKIELIST.3 | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_COOKIELIST.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_COOKIELIST.3 index 1c5e4650d..0e93827cb 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_COOKIELIST.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_COOKIELIST.3 @@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ regular HTTP-style header (Set-Cookie: ...) format. This will also enable the cookie engine. This adds that single cookie to the internal cookie store. Exercise caution if you are using this option and multiple transfers may occur. -If you use the Set-Cookie format and don't specify a domain then the cookie is +If you use the Set-Cookie format and do not specify a domain then the cookie is sent for any domain (even after redirects are followed) and cannot be modified by a server-set cookie. If a server sets a cookie of the same name (or maybe -you've imported one) then both will be sent on a future transfer to that +you have imported one) then both will be sent on a future transfer to that server, likely not what you intended. To address these issues set a domain in Set-Cookie (doing that will include sub-domains) or use the Netscape format as shown in EXAMPLE. @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIELIST, my_cookie); before a transfer is performed. Cookies in the list that have the same hostname, path and name as in my_cookie are skipped. That is because libcurl has already imported my_cookie and it's considered a "live" -cookie. A live cookie won't be replaced by one read from a file. +cookie. A live cookie will not be replaced by one read from a file. */ curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, "cookies.txt"); /* import */ |