further clarifcation based on input from Anthony Bryan

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Daniel Stenberg
2008-12-29 21:26:11 +00:00
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@@ -987,11 +987,11 @@ in memory and used properly in subsequent requests when the same handle is
used. Many times this is enough, and you may not have to save the cookies to
disk at all. Note that the file you specify to CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE doesn't have
to exist to enable the parser, so a common way to just enable the parser and
not read any cookies is to use a the name of a file you know doesn't exist.
not read any cookies is to use the name of a file you know doesn't exist.
If you would rather use existing cookies that you've previously received with your
Netscape or Mozilla browsers, you can make libcurl use that cookie file as
input. The CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE is used for that too, as libcurl will
If you would rather use existing cookies that you've previously received with
your Netscape or Mozilla browsers, you can make libcurl use that cookie file
as input. The CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE is used for that too, as libcurl will
automatically find out what kind of file it is and act accordingly.
Perhaps the most advanced cookie operation libcurl offers, is saving the