diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index bcbcd16e..d5f5f644 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2001-04-27 Hrvoje Niksic + + * wget.texi (HTTP Options): Document cookie options. + 2001-01-20 Karl Eichwalder * Makefile.in: Provide and use DESTDIR according to the Coding diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi index ff741543..556768af 100644 --- a/doc/wget.texi +++ b/doc/wget.texi @@ -833,6 +833,30 @@ and flushing out-of-date documents on proxy servers.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 @@ -1905,6 +1929,15 @@ When set to off, disallow server-caching. See the @samp{-C} option. @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.