Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx_cookies issue, or perhaps lynx.cfg

[Karen Lewellen]

This does not answer my real question.
Where does lynx store cookies in this file?
top, or bottom?
I have a 425 line cookie file,  and I just removed some to reach that 
point.
At  what size does the file cease to store cookies?


On Fri, 9 Oct 2015, Thomas Dickey wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 04, 2015 at 02:46:51PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> > Let me ask this carefully so it makes some sense.
> > I am not exactly sure  what comprises a computer cookie,  for
> > example, if the ip address is noted.
> > Nor am I sure where lynx goes to look for the cookie file itself.
> > Still, here is the situation.
> > Shellworld, where I do most of my lynx work has entirely changed its
> > machine and servers.  A new ip address everything.
> > Although I have my old lynx_cookies file,  and can edit it.
> > gmail for example is not finding or resetting its own cookies.
> > I am not sure if there is something in the lynx.cfg file that
> > addresses the lynx_cookies file location, or if my using my bookmark
>
> man lynx says:
>
>       -cookie_file=FILENAME
>              specifies a file to use to read cookies.  If none is  specified,
>              the  default  value  is  ~/.lynx_cookies  for  most systems, but
>              ~/cookies for MS-DOS.
>
> lynx.cfg has:
>
> .h2 COOKIE_FILE
> # COOKIE_FILE is the default file from which persistent cookies are read
> # at startup (if the file exists), if Lynx was compiled with
> # USE_PERSISTENT_COOKIES and the PERSISTENT_COOKIES option is enabled.
> # The cookie file can also be specified in .lynxrc or on the command line.
> #
> #COOKIE_FILE:~/.lynx_cookies
>
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