On Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:18:24 -0500, L.D. Best wrote:
> Glenn,
> I'll be saving your message, and seeing if I can use that setup. I take
> it that the Caldera OpenDos utility "FIND" will work under other
> DOSes?
I can't say from personal experience.
(never tried it with any DOS other than OpenDos) <g>
> It is a start.
> My new questions are:
> 1. What management scheme does Arachne have for COOKIES.LST?
> 2. It would seem to me that Arachne limits it to 256 lines, but *which*
> lines? Does it add new lines at the top of the file or the bottom?
> Or stick them in apparently at random like HISTORY.LST seems to
> often do?
Since I delete my cookie file every time I exit Arachne, I didn't know
that it had a limit of 256.
> 3. Considering how important cookies can now be on some sites, would it
> be worth considering having a "permanent" cookie file that is copied
> over to the working file each time we start Arachne?
IMHO, Delete them.
(you get a new one each time you visit the site again)
> 4. And does anyone think that an APM for COOKIE.LST management could be
> a good idea? [I'm backing off on having it built in, since the
> hotlist manager never did get properly tuned, even though it had
> some darn good ideas in it.]
Same answer as for #3..... delete them.<g>
--
Glenn
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