In message <392690ba54.harr...@blueyonder.co.uk>
Harriet Bazley <li...@orange.wingsandbeaks.org.uk> wrote:
> I've been told by a webmaster that Netsurf doesn't log into his site
> properly because the timestamps on the cookies that it is creating are set
> wrongly (that is, they are set to expire in 1970). Is there any way of
> manipulating the cookie data manually to check this theory?
I think so. The file <Choices$Write>.WWW.NetSurf.Cookies appears to be
a TSV (tab separated variable) file. The first 8 lines are comments,
starting with a hash (#). The 8-th comment line shows what the fields in each
line mean. For example the 8-th is date of expiry, the 9-th the date last used.
It should be straightforward to manipulate this data, e.g. with a
StrongED script. I would be happy to provide you with one if you say what it
is you would like it to do. I think NetSurf handles cookies internally,
loading the file on startup and saving them out on shutdown. But no doubt
those who know the inward workings of NetSurf will correct me here
if I am wrong.
Myself, I delete all cookies when I shut the computer down.
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Gavin Wraith (ga...@wra1th.plus.com)
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