Re: [Lynx-dev] Finally got cookie file to save (2.8.7rel.1)

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 08:28:41PM -0700, Walter Ian Kaye wrote:
> I've had Lynx version 2.8.7rel.1 for a while, and was never able to get 
> it to save my cookies before. I *finally* got it working, and I don't 
> know if the error was a program bug or a documentation bug.
>
>
> # COOKIE_SAVE_FILE is the default file in which persistent cookies are
> # stored at exit, if Lynx was compiled with USE_PERSISTENT_COOKIES and the
> # PERSISTENT_COOKIES option is enabled.  The cookie save file can also be
> # specified on the command line.
> #
> # With an interactive Lynx session, COOKIE_SAVE_FILE will default to
> # COOKIE_FILE if it is not set.  With a non-interactive Lynx session (e.g.,
> # -dump), cookies will only be saved to file if COOKIE_SAVE_FILE is set.
> #
> #COOKIE_SAVE_FILE:~/.lynx_cookies
>
>
> See, the documentation says it's not necessary for an interactive  
> session, but I found that it *was* necessary. That is the only way I got 
> the file to appear.
>
> Whew.
>
> (And yes, COOKIE_FILE was already set.)

was PERSISTENT_COOKIES set?
(just checking - I don't see anything obviously incorrect in the logic).

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