X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <31b7d2790805200929l376bdce1x198695b10626104b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 17:29:14 +0100 From: "DePriest, Jason R." To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: wget and HTTP_PROXY question In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com 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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/