From 6bfd58999f5be2032f0c43e22117289469066e77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hniksic Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:26:24 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [svn] Improved entry on --keep-session-cookies. --- doc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ doc/wget.texi | 12 ++++++------ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 8b4cbbb4..f55b9275 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2005-04-26 Hrvoje Niksic + + * wget.texi (HTTP Options): Improved entry on + --keep-session-cookies. + 2005-04-26 Hrvoje Niksic * wget.texi (Directory Options): Removed stray text after diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi index 7031d3e3..ca2a2593 100644 --- a/doc/wget.texi +++ b/doc/wget.texi @@ -1155,13 +1155,13 @@ cookies''), but also see @samp{--keep-session-cookies}. @cindex cookies, session @cindex session cookies @item --keep-session-cookies - When specified, causes @samp{--save-cookies} to also save session -cookies. Session cookies are normally not save because they are -supposed to be forgotten when you exit the browser. Saving them is -useful on sites that require you to log in or to visit the home page -before you can access some pages. With this option, multiple Wget runs -are considered a single browser session as far as the site is concerned. +cookies. Session cookies are normally not saved because they are +meant to be kept in memory and forgotten when you exit the browser. +Saving them is useful on sites that require you to log in or to visit +the home page before you can access some pages. With this option, +multiple Wget runs are considered a single browser session as far as +the site is concerned. Since the cookie file format does not normally carry session cookies, Wget marks them with an expiry timestamp of 0. Wget's