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23 .TH CURLOPT_COOKIESESSION 3 "17 Jun 2014" "libcurl 7.37.0" "curl_easy_setopt options"
25 CURLOPT_COOKIESESSION \- start a new cookie session
27 #include <curl/curl.h>
29 CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_COOKIESESSION, long init);
31 Pass a long set to 1 to mark this as a new cookie "session". It will force
32 libcurl to ignore all cookies it is about to load that are "session cookies"
33 from the previous session. By default, libcurl always stores and loads all
34 cookies, independent if they are session cookies or not. Session cookies are
35 cookies without expiry date and they are meant to be alive and existing for
38 A "session" is usually defined in browser land for as long as you have your
39 browser up, more or less.
51 .BR CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE "(3), " CURLOPT_COOKIE "(3), "