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Re: wget and HTTP_PROXY question
- From: "DePriest, Jason R." <jrdepriest at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 17:29:14 +0100
- Subject: Re: wget and HTTP_PROXY question
- References: <loom.20080520T154642-583@post.gmane.org>
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Ronald Fischer <> wrote:
> I can't fetch anything from the web using wget (Connection timed out).
> My guess is that it has to do with the proxy settings, but:
>
> - my environment variable HTTP_PROXY is set, and
> - from a Windows command line (i.e. outside of Cygwin), tools
> (such as the package manager of ActiveState Perl) *can* use
> the proxy specified here, without problems.
>
> What can I do to get wget working?
>
> Ronald
>
>
Try putting your preferences settings in a .wgetrc file.
[file]
http_proxy = "proxy:port"
https_proxy = "proxy:port"
proxy_user = "user"
proxy_password = "password"
[/file]
-Jason
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