From c1262996356985dd8d683afdc845202fbcdf916c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:05:47 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] cookie.d: clarify when cookies are always sent --- docs/cmdline-opts/cookie.d | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/cookie.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/cookie.d index ab4b2793b..62208e73a 100644 --- a/docs/cmdline-opts/cookie.d +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/cookie.d @@ -9,9 +9,12 @@ Example: -b cookiefile -c cookiefile $URL See-also: cookie-jar junk-session-cookies Added: 4.9 --- -Pass the data to the HTTP server in the Cookie header. It is supposedly -the data previously received from the server in a "Set-Cookie:" line. The -data should be in the format "NAME1=VALUE1; NAME2=VALUE2". +Pass the data to the HTTP server in the Cookie header. It is supposedly the +data previously received from the server in a "Set-Cookie:" line. The data +should be in the format "NAME1=VALUE1; NAME2=VALUE2". This makes curl use the +cookie header with this content explicitly in all outgoing request(s). If +multiple requests are done due to authentication, followed redirects or +similar, they will all get this cookie passed on. If no '=' symbol is used in the argument, it is instead treated as a filename to read previously stored cookie from. This option also activates the cookie