> I actually do know the cookies that are set. What I'd > like to do is add it to cookies.txt. I attempted to > edit the file, but when I load the cookies, the ones > I've added doesn't show. It only shows the ones saved > by wget. I'm not even sure what the format of the > cookies is supposed to be.
Note that some browsers (not IE though) save their cookies in a plain-text cookies file so nothing prevents you from also pointing directly to, say, Firefox's cookies file, e.g. (this is on Windows but using cygwin): wget \ --load-cookies /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/someuser/Application\ Data/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/99jf7fti.default/cookies.txt \ "http://www.yourtargetwebsite.com"; Even if you don't use that file, examining it and pointing to it is very informative for understanding what the cookies look like. > > Permanent cookies are supposed > > to be present in > > cookies.txt, and Wget will use them. Session > > cookies will be missing > > (regardless of how they were set) from the file and > > therefore will not be picked up by Wget. This is not entirely true. You can use "--keep-session-cookies" and save the session cookies as well as the regular cookies for reuse by subsequent wget calls, e.g., supposing you have a site that sets a session cookie after an authenticated login: wget \ --save-cookies cookies.txt \ --keep-session-cookies \ --post-data '[EMAIL PROTECTED]&password=your_password' \ "http://www.yourtargetwebsite.com/login_page"; After this your wget invocations can use the cookies.txt and you will be a logged in user. George
