On 1/16/12 8:30 PM, DoctorBill wrote: > DoctorBill wrote: >> When logging into some web sites I visit, I see that when I go back, >> I am still logged in. Some not.... >> >> Some sites make me log in every 5 minutes or so of not having them >> onscreen all the time. >> >> So what is happening - cookies being placed ? >> >> If so - are they ALWAYS in the cookie file or are other methods employed ? >> >> If so, I would like to figure out how to make these log-in's permanent. >> >> DoctorBill > > Here is what I want to do - did this in previous SeaMonkey versions.... > > I got all the cookies set up the way I wanted them for a session - > mostly the "Log-in" cookies. > > Then I saved the cookie file in a close-by-directory with a new name > like - "Perm-Cookies.txt". > > Then I wrote a batch file to start SeaMonkey wherein the current > cookie.txt was overwritten by the old, saved perm-cookie.txt. > Involved some deleting, name changing and copying over moves. > > Worked great the way I wanted it to - then they go and change > everything..... > > Writing batch files is getting harder to do - with XP I get messed up > with long filenames versus the old truncated short filenames - they are > all mixed up in XP's use of batch files and sometimes nothing works ! > > DoctorBill >
I did a very similar thing but for cookies.sqlite. Now, however, the affected software (Toolkit?) recognizes and honors read-only status for files. So I setup my cookies exactly the way I wanted and then marked cookies.sqlite as read-only. Thus, I eliminated the need for a script. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
