From ef0d473b84b8fccbcfffec18f6171fa502ae0492 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: des Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 10:57:15 +0000 Subject: Document the proxy support better. --- lib/libfetch/fetch.3 | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/libfetch/fetch.3') diff --git a/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 b/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 index d29809e..723cf3b 100644 --- a/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 +++ b/lib/libfetch/fetch.3 @@ -418,6 +418,14 @@ and message, e.g. "File is not available (404 Not Found)" .It Ev FTP_PROXY host name of the FTP proxy to use, optionally followed by a port number separated from the host name by a colon. +.Nm libfetch +will send +.Ql user@host +as user name to the proxy, where +.Ql user +is the real user name, and +.Ql host +is the name of the FTP server. .It Ev HTTP_AUTH Specifies HTTP authorization parameters, used only if the server requires authorization and no user name or password was specified in @@ -431,10 +439,15 @@ password, in that order. host name of the HTTP proxy to use, optionally followed by a port number separated from the host name by a colon. If no port number is specified, the default is 3128. +Note that the HTTP proxy will also be used for FTP documents, unless +the +.Ev FTP_PROXY +variable is set. .It Ev HTTP_PROXY_AUTH Specifies authorization parameters for the HTTP proxy in the same -format as -.Ev HTTP_AUTH . +format as the +.Ev HTTP_AUTH +variable. The value of this variable is used if and only if connected to an HTTP proxy. .El -- cgit v1.1