From 72dec6cfecf9db0b589da7e3b4fc101938298bb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 13:04:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added Andres' comments about field 2 in netscape cookie files --- lib/cookie.c | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/cookie.c b/lib/cookie.c index 3c4034c42..6fa35d783 100644 --- a/lib/cookie.c +++ b/lib/cookie.c @@ -230,7 +230,18 @@ Curl_cookie_add(struct CookieInfo *c, co->domain = strdup(ptr); break; case 1: - /* what _is_ this field for? */ + /* This field got its explanation on the 23rd of May 2001 by + Andrés García: + + flag: A TRUE/FALSE value indicating if all machines within a given + domain can access the variable. This value is set automatically by + the browser, depending on the value you set for the domain. + + As far as I can see, it is set to true when the cookie says + .domain.com and to false when the domain is complete www.domain.com + + We don't currently take advantage of this knowledge. + */ break; case 2: /* It turns out, that sometimes the file format allows the path