On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 02:41:39PM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 04:32:42PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > > I want to set HTTP_PROXY for all users on my machine, and I'd like to do > > it in /etc/login.conf as then it's only in one place. > > > > However, I need to put a colon in for the port number and can't see how > > to escape it so that the entry doesn't get chopped off halfway through. > > None of these work: > > > > :setenv=HTTP_PROXY=www-cache.private.submonkey.net:3128:\ > > > > :setenv=HTTP_PROXY=www-cache.private.submonkey.net\:3128:\ > > > > :setenv=HTTP_PROXY="www-cache.private.submonkey.net:3128":\ > > > > Is there a way to do this, or should I just throw this in /etc/profile > > and /etc/csh.cshrc instead? > > \c generates a colon. Documented in getcap(3)
Thanks; I could have sworn I read that manpage too! Cheers, Ceri -- Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.)
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