The manpage states:

 Mozilla and Netscape 6.x.  Mozilla's cookie file is also named `cookies.txt', located somewhere under
       `~/.mozilla', in the directory of your profile.  The full path usually ends up looking somewhat like
       `~/.mozilla/default/SOME-WEIRD-STRING/cookies.txt'.

This is no longer current; Moz now stores its cookies in cookies.sqlite.

Update of bug #33826 (project wget):

                  Status:                    None => Inspected
             Assigned to:                    None => gscrivano

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #33826 (project wget):

Hello,

so an additional comment for Firefox >4 might be helpful IMHO.

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #33826 (project wget):

Hello,

maybe the following change will make it clear for a user and is acceptable for
inclusion:

--- wget.texi.orig	2013-11-08 10:27:43.000000000 +0100
+++ wget.texi	2013-11-08 10:28:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -1295,12 +1295,19 @@
 @item Netscape 4.x.
 The cookies are in @file{~/.netscape/cookies.txt}.

-@item Mozilla and Netscape 6.x.
+@item Mozilla < 4.x and Netscape 6.x.
 Mozilla's cookie file is also named @file{cookies.txt}, located
 somewhere under @file{~/.mozilla}, in the directory of your profile.
 The full path usually ends up looking somewhat like
 @file{~/.mozilla/default/@var{some-weird-string}/cookies.txt}.

+@item Mozilla > 4.x.
+Mozilla's cookie file is named @file{cookies.sqlite}, located
+somewhere under @file{~/.mozilla}, in the directory of your profile.
+The full path usually ends up looking somewhat like
+@file{~/.mozilla/default/@var{some-weird-string}/cookies.txt}.
+The SQLite file is not useable with the @samp{--load-cookies} option.
+
 @item Internet Explorer.
 You can produce a cookie file Wget can use by using the File menu,
 Import and Export, Export Cookies.  This has been tested with Internet


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