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From: Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@×××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] gentoo and proxy variable
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 18:07:41
Message-Id: 200612251931.35175.shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] gentoo and proxy variable by Daniel Iliev
1 On Monday 25 December 2006 15:02, Daniel Iliev wrote:
2
3 > grep -in proxy /etc/make.conf.example
4 > 144:# If you need to set a proxy for wget or lukemftp, add the
5 > appropriate "export
6 > 145:# ftp_proxy=<proxy>" and "export http_proxy=<proxy>" lines to
7 > /etc/profile if
8 >
9 >
10 > So it appears "/etc/profile" is the appropriate file.
11
12 I'm not sure that a cron job can see the variables set by /etc/profile.
13 IIRC, even PATH is unavailable to cron jobs. Only a few predefined
14 variables are set ($HOME, $SHELL and a few others which I don't recall
15 now).
16 --
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] gentoo and proxy variable Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na>
Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] gentoo and proxy variable Daniel Iliev <danny@××××××××.com>