How do I set path while saving a cookie value in JavaScript?

I am saving some cookie values on an ASP page. I want to set the root path for cookie so that the cookie will be available on all pages.

Currently the cookie path is /v/abcfile/frontend/

Please help me.

simply: document.cookie="name=value;path=/";

There is a negative point to it

> Now, the cookie will be available to all directories on the domain it > is set from. If the website is just one of many at that domain, it’s > best not to do this because everyone else will also have access to > your cookie information.

For access cookie in whole app (use path=/):

function createCookie(name,value,days) {
	if (days) {
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
		var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
	}
	else var expires = "";
	document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/"; 
}

Note: >If you set path=/,
Now the cookie is available for whole application/domain. If you not specify the path then current cookie is save just for the current page you can't access it on another page(s).

For more info read- http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html (Domain and path part)

If you use cookies in jquery by plugin jquery-cookie:

$.cookie('name', 'value', { expires: 7, path: '/' });
//or
$.cookie('name', 'value', { path: '/' });

document.cookie = "cookiename=Some Name; path=/";

This will do

See https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/document.cookie for more documentation:

 setItem: function (sKey, sValue, vEnd, sPath, sDomain, bSecure) {  
     if (!sKey || /^(?:expires|max\-age|path|domain|secure)$/.test(sKey)) { return; }  
     var sExpires = "";  
     if (vEnd) {  
       switch (typeof vEnd) {  
         case "number": sExpires = "; max-age=" + vEnd; break;  
         case "string": sExpires = "; expires=" + vEnd; break;  
         case "object": if (vEnd.hasOwnProperty("toGMTString")) { sExpires = "; expires=" + vEnd.toGMTString(); } break;  
       }  
     }  
     document.cookie = escape(sKey) + "=" + escape(sValue) + sExpires + (sDomain ? "; domain=" + sDomain : "") + (sPath ? "; path=" + sPath : "") + (bSecure ? "; secure" : "");  
   }

This will help....

function setCookie(name,value,days) {
   var expires = "";
   if (days) {
       var date = new Date();
       date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000));
       expires = "; expires=" + date.toUTCString();
   }
    document.cookie = name + "=" + (value || "")  + expires + "; path=/";
}

 function getCookie(name) {
   var nameEQ = name + "=";
   var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
   for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
       var c = ca[i];
       while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
        if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return 
        c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
  }
return null;
}