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Jason Levine
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reply to R2
Re: Cookie Jar

said by R2:
It is my understanding the the TIF does not really hold the cookies but instead holds what others have called "pointers" to cookies.

If you look at the TIF in DOS, you will find there are no cookies actually held in the directory...
Yup. The reason that the cookies don't disappear from the TIF folder when cookie Jar removes them from the Cookies folder is that I haven't had it editing the index.dat file. As part of an update to Cookie Jar, I'm going to see if I can't get the index.dat file updated.
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R2
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Hmmmm... to update the index.dat file, you would normally need to shut down Windows and edit it in DOS. Alternatively, you can simply delete the file in DOS, and Windows automatically updates it during the reboot process.

Windows seems to "lock" this file saying it is "in use". It does not appear to be locked by simply marking it "Read Only" -- some other mechanism is being used.

Interestingly, I believe if you delete a Cookie file from in the TIF while in Windows, the Cookie is ALSO deleted from the /Cookies folder. However, if you completely delete the TIF is DOS, the Cookies are NOT deleted from the /Cookie folder.

Also, if you delete Cookies in the /Cookies folder while in Windows or DOS, I believe the pointer are NOT deleted from the TIF. This is an amazingly complex interaction...
[text was edited by author 2001-08-23 22:23:59]
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