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Date:      Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:06:48 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@coppe.ufrj.br>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Fetch+proxy: how ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971222220627.7705d-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199712160939.HAA18716@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br>

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On Tue, 16 Dec 1997, Joao Carlos Mendes Luis wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to use fetch behiond a firewall, so I need to use a proxy.
> But the proxy used by fetch(1) for ftp files does not seem to be http
> compliant.  Am I doing something wrong, or is this right ?
> 
> OBS: I know wget works as expected, but this way I cannot do a
> "make fecth" in a port subdir.  :)

Check out the fetch(1) manpage; you have to set up some environment
variables, but it'll do the rest after that.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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