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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2018-08-24 09:30:47 +0200
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2018-08-24 23:22:46 +0200
commita7ba60bb725088cc650bbb636c06a78715568663 (patch)
treed0799b108e67ea301c68072ef3ce847a77fc0a5e /docs/cmdline-opts
parent20168b948abc4b6420d811f7a9526211e102f1f3 (diff)
docs: clarify NO_PROXY env variable functionality
Reported-by: Kirill Marchuk Fixes #2773 Closes #2911
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@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ protocol that curl supports and as specified in a URL. FTP, FTPS, POP3, IMAP,
SMTP, LDAP etc.
.IP "ALL_PROXY [protocol://]<host>[:port]"
Sets the proxy server to use if no protocol-specific proxy is set.
-.IP "NO_PROXY <comma-separated list of hosts>"
-list of host names that shouldn't go through any proxy. If set to an asterisk
-\&'*' only, it matches all hosts.
+.IP "NO_PROXY <comma-separated list of hosts/domains>" list of host names that
+shouldn't go through any proxy. If set to an asterisk \&'*' only, it matches
+all hosts. Each name in this list is matched as either a domain name which
+contains the hostname, or the hostname itself.
This environment variable disables use of the proxy even when specified with
the --proxy option. That is