From 2d5fa35e85c6e0ba84e6922e321bbe3a4511cdf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 22:43:34 +0200 Subject: docs: clarify NO_PROXY further Fixes #1208 --- docs/MANUAL | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/MANUAL') diff --git a/docs/MANUAL b/docs/MANUAL index 330f99aea..0e3db0ffb 100644 --- a/docs/MANUAL +++ b/docs/MANUAL @@ -866,8 +866,11 @@ ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES If the host name matches one of these strings, or the host is within the domain of one of these strings, transactions with that node will not be - proxied. - + proxied. When a domain is used, it needs to start with a period. A user can + specify that both www.example.com and foo.example.com should not uses a + proxy by setting NO_PROXY to ".example.com". By including the full name you + can exclude specific host names, so to make www.example.com not use a proxy + but still have foo.example.com do it, set NO_PROXY to "www.example.com" The usage of the -x/--proxy flag overrides the environment variables. -- cgit v1.2.3