From 4fe80e8025e8f155a558edff9f38e7b5ab6942d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hniksic Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:24:43 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [svn] Better explain --keep-session-cookies. --- NEWS | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 41911529..b625a813 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -72,9 +72,10 @@ is useful because it allows the user to override non-default behavior specified via `.wgetrc'. ** The new option `--keep-session-cookies' causes `--save-cookies' to -save session cookies along with the permanent ones. This is useful on -sites that require you to log in before you can access some pages. -With this option, multiple Wget runs will be treated as a single +save session cookies (normally only kept in memory) along with the +permanent ones. Many sites track important information, such as +whether the user has authenticated, using session cookies. Using this +option option allows multiple Wget runs to be treated as a single browser session. * `wget -b' now works correctly under Windows. -- 2.39.2