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[svn] Document cookie-related options.

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2001-04-27 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
* wget.texi (HTTP Options): Document cookie options.
2001-01-20 Karl Eichwalder <ke@suse.de>
* Makefile.in: Provide and use DESTDIR according to the Coding

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@ -833,6 +833,30 @@ and flushing out-of-date documents on proxy servers.
Caching is allowed by default.
@cindex cookies
@item --cookies=on/off
When set to off, disable the use of cookies. Cookies are a mechanism
for maintaining server-side state. The server sends the client a cookie
using the @code{Set-Cookie} header, and the client responds with the
same cookie upon further requests. Since cookies allow the server
owners to keep track of visitors and for sites to exchange this
information, some consider them a breach of privacy. The default is to
use cookies; however, @emph{storing} cookies is not on by default.
@cindex loading cookies
@cindex cookies, loading
@item --load-cookies @var{file}
Load cookies from @var{file} before the first HTTP retrieval. The
format of @var{file} is one used by Netscape and Mozilla, at least their
Unix version.
@cindex saving cookies
@cindex cookies, saving
@item --save-cookies @var{file}
Save cookies from @var{file} at the end of session. Cookies whose
expiry time is not specified, or those that have already expired, are
not saved.
@cindex Content-Length, ignore
@cindex ignore length
@item --ignore-length
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@item convert links = on/off
Convert non-relative links locally. The same as @samp{-k}.
@item cookies = on/off
When set to off, disallow cookies. See the @samp{--cookies} option.
@item load_cookies = @var{file}
Load cookies from @var{file}. See @samp{--load-cookies}.
@item save_cookies = @var{file}
Save cookies to @var{file}. See @samp{--save-cookies}.
@item cut_dirs = @var{n}
Ignore @var{n} remote directory components.