From a7ba60bb725088cc650bbb636c06a78715568663 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:30:47 +0200 Subject: docs: clarify NO_PROXY env variable functionality Reported-by: Kirill Marchuk Fixes #2773 Closes #2911 --- docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/cmdline-opts') diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer b/docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer index 89bface65..33d800b14 100644 --- a/docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/page-footer @@ -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://][:port]" Sets the proxy server to use if no protocol-specific proxy is set. -.IP "NO_PROXY " -list of host names that shouldn't go through any proxy. If set to an asterisk -\&'*' only, it matches all hosts. +.IP "NO_PROXY " 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 -- cgit v1.2.3