Re: lynx-dev Lynx Litter on VMS

[brian j. pardy]

address@hidden wrote:
> 
>       RE: Lynx2.8.1pre6 with persistant cookies
> 
> On VMS (all versions) the cookie save file is creating a new version on every
> exit from lynx, not a fatal problem but definitely untidy. .lynxrc and
> lynx_bookmarks.html are handled correctly. (ie only one version, created if
> necessary)
> 
>       So after a short while users will have....
> LYNX_COOKIES.DAT;27 LYNX_COOKIES.DAT;26 LYNX_COOKIES.DAT;25
> LYNX_COOKIES.DAT;24 LYNX_COOKIES.DAT;23 LYNX_COOKIES.DAT;22
> LYNX_COOKIES.DAT;21 LYNX_COOKIES.DAT;20
[...]

Hmm.

I really can't test this, but could you give this patch a try? I used a 
slightly modified copy of what we do for the .lynxrc file. Assuming
cookie_file is set properly by the other VMS stuff I did that I wasn't
sure would work right (which I guess it is), this seems like it'll work
to me.


diff -cr 2.8.1pre.9/src/LYCookie.c 2.8.1pre.9.bri/src/LYCookie.c
*** 2.8.1pre.9/src/LYCookie.c   Tue Oct 13 22:14:36 1998
--- 2.8.1pre.9.bri/src/LYCookie.c       Tue Oct 13 22:13:29 1998
***************
*** 1975,1980 ****
--- 1975,1981 ----
      cookie *co;
      FILE *cookie_handle;
  #ifdef VMS
+     char *VMScookie_file;
      extern BOOLEAN HadVMSInterrupt;
  #endif /* VMS */
      time_t now = time(NULL); /* system specific? - RP */
***************
*** 2030,2035 ****
--- 2031,2054 ----
        }
      }
      fclose(cookie_handle);
+ 
+ #ifdef VMS
+     /*
+      *  Get rid of any copies of the cookie file that VMS creates.
+      */
+ 
+     StrAllocCopy(VMScookie_file, cookie_file);
+     StrAllocCat(VMScookie_file, ";-1");
+ 
+     while (remove(VMScookie_file) == 0) ;
+         /*
+          *  Reset version number.
+          */
+     StrAllocCopy(VMScookie_file, cookie_file);
+     StrAllocCat(VMScookie_file, ";1");
+     rename(cookie_file, VMScookie_file); 
+ #endif /* VMS */
+ 
  }
  #endif
  
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