> An update. I don't think that the if statement is
> being entered. There are these messages in the
> debug log
>
>
> 2011/11/09 21:14:03 [debug] 6397#0: *3 http script
> var
> 2011/11/09 21:14:03 [debug] 6397#0: *3 http script
> regex: "sess_id"
> 2011/11/09 21:14:03 [notice] 6397#0: *3 "sess_id"
> does not match "", client: 10.214.99.16, server:
> *.site.com, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", host:
> "www.site.com"
> 2011/11/09 21:14:03 [debug] 6397#0: *3 http script
> if
> 2011/11/09 21:14:03 [debug] 6397#0: *3 http script
> if: false
>
> Is there another way I can test for existence of
> cookies?

The problem is apparently with my method of passing cookies. curl -b <filename> does not work. curl -b sess_id=... does. It's now working again.