Well, most programs will honor the environment variable http_proxy that lynx uses... man lynx will show a wee bit of information..
if you mean for apt, the apt-docs in /usr/doc/apt (on my machine.. :) describe it a bit too. Basically, each program is free to do what it wants with your environments variables, including ignore them. :) On Sun, Sep 12, 1999 at 02:37:53AM +0200, shaul wrote: > Can you tell me where is the "http_proxy" env var being documented ? > > Thank you. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
