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[svn] Explain how to get the cookie file from IE.

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2001-12-11 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
* wget.texi (HTTP Options): Explain how to make IE produce a
`cookies.txt'-compatible file.
Reported by Herold Heiko.
2001-12-11 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
* texi2pod.pl.in: Handle @asis in table.

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@ -876,9 +876,9 @@ 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.
Load cookies from @var{file} before the first HTTP retrieval.
@var{file} is a textual file in the format originally used by Netscape's
@file{cookies.txt} file.
You will typically use this option when mirroring sites that require
that you be logged in to access some or all of their content. The login
@ -891,19 +891,35 @@ Mirroring such a site requires Wget to send the same cookies your
browser sends when communicating with the site. This is achieved by
@samp{--load-cookies}---simply point Wget to the location of the
@file{cookies.txt} file, and it will send the same cookies your browser
would send in the same situation. If you're using Netscape navigator,
specify @samp{--load-cookies ~/.netscape/cookies.txt}. Mozilla keeps
the cookies file somewhere under @file{~/.mozilla}, in the profile
directory, but it's also named @file{cookies.txt}, the full path usually
being @file{~/.mozilla/default/@var{some-weird-string}/cookies.txt}.
would send in the same situation. Different browsers keep textual
cookie files in different locations:
If you're using Wget under a non-Unix OS, or if you are using a
different browser, @samp{--load-cookies} will not work.
@table @asis
@item Netscape 4.x.
The cookies are in @file{~/.netscape/cookies.txt}.
In that case you can view the cookies using the cookie manager provided
by your browser, and write down the name and value of the cookie needed
for the site. Then you can bypass the ``official'' cookie code and
simply tell Wget to use that one cookie, like this:
@item Mozilla and Netscape 6.x.
Mozilla's cookie file is also named @file{cookies.txt}, located
somewhere under @file{~/.mozilla}, in the directory of your profile.
The full path usually ends up looking somewhat like
@file{~/.mozilla/default/@var{some-weird-string}/cookies.txt}.
@item Internet Explorer.
You can produce a cookie file Wget can use by using the File menu,
Import and Export, Export Cookies. This has been tested with Internet
Explorer 5; it is not guaranteed to work with earlier versions.
@item Other browsers.
If you are using a different browser to create your cookies,
@samp{--load-cookies} will only work if you can locate or produce a
cookie file in the Netscape format that Wget expects.
@end table
If you cannot use @samp{--load-cookies}, there might still be an
alternative. If your browser supports a ``cookie manager'', you can use
it to view the cookies used when accessing the site you're mirroring.
Write down the name and value of the cookie, and manually instruct Wget
to send those cookies, bypassing the ``official'' cookie support:
@example
wget --cookies=off --header "Cookie: @var{name}=@var{value}"