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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_COOKIELIST.3 | 7 |
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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_COOKIELIST.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_COOKIELIST.3 index 630cf8932..1058936c7 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_COOKIELIST.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_COOKIELIST.3 @@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ Such a cookie can be either a single line in Netscape / Mozilla format or just regular HTTP-style header (Set-Cookie: ...) format. This will also enable the cookie engine. This adds that single cookie to the internal cookie store. +If you use the Set-Cookie format and don't specify a domain then the cookie +is sent for any domain and will not be modified. If a server sets a cookie of +the same name (or maybe you've imported one) then both will be sent on a future +transfer to that server, likely not what you intended. Either set a domain in +Set-Cookie (doing that will include sub domains) or use the Netscape format as +shown in EXAMPLE. + Additionally, there are commands available that perform actions if you pass in these exact strings: .IP ALL |