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#1 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 04:17 AM

Hi,

just want to use /usr/bin/ftp via a proxy to get a file from a http
link without user input. I read about exporting ftp_proxy but this does
not work. I read "man ftp" but I do not know how deal with it.

Thanks, Hel<frustrated>mut

#2 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 04:17 AM

On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 18:52:02 +0200, Helmut Schneider wrote:
> just want to use /usr/bin/ftp via a proxy to get a file from a http
> link without user input. I read about exporting ftp_proxy but this does
> not work. I read "man ftp" but I do not know how deal with it.
>

Works for me. [tm]

---8<-----
bash-2.05b$ export http_proxy="http://12.34.56.78:3128/"
bash-2.05b$ /usr/bin/ftp http://www.openbsd.org/index.html
Trying 12.34.56.78...
Requesting http://www.openbsd.org/index.html (via http://12.34.56.78:3128/)
100% |************************************************* *| 7986 00:00
Successfully retrieved file.
bash-2.05b$
---8<-----

Regards,

urs

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