[plug] Cookies

[Matt Kemner]

On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Bret Busby wrote:

> > > what file, and, what path, is the cookie file likely to be?
> > 
> > Same for all versions: ~/.netscape/cookies
> 
> Had a look; couln't find it.

> Did whereis cookie - no path

If you RTFM for "whereis" you will find that it says:
"locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command"

the cookies file is a data file for netscape so it's no wonder it doesn't
find it.

"locate" might be a more appropriate command, but only if updatedb is run
regularly and it has the permission to read your home directory (which is
a bad idea if you can't trust everyone on your system)

> Did ls -al on the latter; did not see either .netscape, or, cookies.

the '~' is a special character that points to your home directory.
Try "cd ~/.netscape" as the user you run Netscape as.

You _do_ run netscape as a different user than the one you run everything
else with, right?

Alternatively "cd ~scraper/.netscape" if you run netscrape as the user
"scraper"
 
 - Matt