Setting Cookies using JavaScript in a local html file

Question

I have the following directory tree:

+ folder1 |--- folder2 |------ page1.html |--- page2.html 

If I set some cookie in page1.html using JavaScript, what is the path used for that cookie?

Edit:
Let me explain it better. I'm working with a local file. page1.html is being accessed through /home/user/.../folder1/folder2/page1.html and not through a client machine using a HTTP Server.

Just to clarify:
It seems that some browsers (like Chrome) do not store cookies when using file:///, but both Firefox and Internet Explorer do.

Answer 1

From the MDC page for document.cookie:

If not specified, [the path argument] defaults to the current path of the current document location.

So in your case, it will be /folder1/folder2/.

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I didn't initially see that you'd specified "local" in the question title -- not sure if this was updated while I was writing my answer. Cookies are not set when browsing using the file:/// protocol, depending on the browser.

Answer 2

Browsers do not store cookies for the file:// url protocol, it will simply and silently fail to set anything at all. So if this is truly "local" and not on a domain you may have a problem.