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NAME

       cgi_cookie_set  - Set a browser Cookie

SYNOPSIS

       #include <cgi/cgi.h>

       NEOERR *cgi_cookie_set (CGI *cgi, const char *name, const char *value,
                               const char *path, const char *domain,
                               const char *time_str, int persistent, int secure);

ARGUMENTS

       cgi - a CGI struct
       name - the name of the cookie
       value - the value to set the cookie to.
       path - optional path for which the cookie is valid.  Default
       is /
       domain - optional domain for which the cookie is valid.  You
       can use cgi_cookie_authority to determine this
       domain.  Default is none, which is interpreted by
       the browser as the sending domain only.
       time_str - expiration time string in the following format

DESCRIPTION

       cgi_cookie_set  will  issue  a  Set-Cookie  header  that should cause a
       browser to return a cookie when required.  Note this function  does  no
       escaping of anything, you have to take care of that first.

       HH:MM: SS GMT.  Only used if persistent.  Default is one year from time
       of call.  persistent - cookie will be stored  by  the  browser  between
       sessions secure - cookie will only be sent over secure connections

RETURN VALUE

       None

SEE ALSO

       cgi_debug_init(3),   cgi_parse(3),   cgi_destroy(3),  cgi_js_escape(3),
       cgi_html_escape_strfunc(3),  cgi_register_strfuncs(3),   cgi_output(3),
       parse_rfc2388(3),  cgi_url_validate(3), open_upload(3), cgi_cs_init(3),
       cgi_url_escape_more(3),  cgi_html_strip_strfunc(3),   cgi_neo_error(3),
       cgi_redirect(3),      cgi_filehandle(3),      cgi_register_parse_cb(3),
       cgi_url_escape(3),          cgi_init(3),           cgi_redirect_uri(3),
       cgi_cookie_clear(3),       cgi_url_unescape(3),       cgi_vredirect(3),
       cgi_display(3), cgi_html_ws_strip(3), cgi_error(3),  cgi_cookie_set(3),
       cgi_text_html_strfunc(3), cgi_cookie_authority