# Read the cookie called 'snakeoil-nav' that the client sent us. # $cgi is a CGI.pm object. my $cookie = $cgi->cookie(-name => 'snakeoil-nav'); # If the cookie is blank, set it with a default. if (defined ($cookie)) { $cookie = $cgi->cookie(-name => 'snakeoil-nav', -value => '/nav.html', -expires => '+3d', -domain => '.interhack.net'); }