Re: [Bug-wget] Wget and missing cookies

[Giuseppe Scrivano]

Hello,

how are you invoking wget?  Do you see something different in the http
headers when you use --debug?

Thanks,
Giuseppe



Richard van Katwijk <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I am using the firefox plugin 'httpfox' to trace the sending and receiving
> of cookies between my browser and the web server. I can see cookies
> initially being received by the browser, and then subsequently being sent
> back to the server on further page requests.
>
> However, simulating the same, simple request with wget (using -S and -d) I
> do *not* see these cookies being received.
>
> I have tested several sites that i know well - some do send the cookies to
> wget, but others dont, even though tools such as 'httpfox' do always show
> them, as expected.
>
> Is there any reason whey either wget wouldnt see cookies being sent, or
> maybe why the server would not send cookies to the wget user-agent?
>
> Thanks,
> Richard