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docs: mention the protocol:// support in proxy strings

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Daniel Stenberg 2011-05-02 22:15:14 +02:00
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@ -1542,22 +1542,27 @@ means the verification was successful. (Added in 7.19.0)
.RE
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "-x/--proxy <proxyhost[:port]>"
Use the specified HTTP proxy. If the port number is not specified, it is assumed
at port 1080.
.IP "-x/--proxy <[protocol://][user@password]proxyhost[:port]>"
Use the specified HTTP proxy. If the port number is not specified, it is
assumed at port 1080.
This option overrides existing environment variables that set the proxy to
use. If there's an environment variable setting a proxy, you can set proxy to
\&"" to override it.
\fBNote\fP that all operations that are performed over a HTTP proxy will
transparently be converted to HTTP. It means that certain protocol specific
operations might not be available. This is not the case if you can tunnel
through the proxy, as done with the \fI-p/--proxytunnel\fP option.
All operations that are performed over a HTTP proxy will transparently be
converted to HTTP. It means that certain protocol specific operations might
not be available. This is not the case if you can tunnel through the proxy, as
done with the \fI-p/--proxytunnel\fP option.
Starting with 7.14.1, the proxy host can be specified the exact same way as
the proxy environment variables, including the protocol prefix (http://) and
the embedded user + password.
The proxy host can be specified the exact same way as the proxy environment
variables, including the protocol prefix (http://) and the embedded user +
password.
From 7.21.7, the proxy string may be specified with a protocol:// prefix to
specify alternative proxy protocols. Use socks4://, socks4a:// or socks5:// to
request the specific SOCKS version to be used. No protocol specified, http://
and all others will be treated as HTTP proxies.
If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
.IP "-X/--request <command>"
@ -1649,6 +1654,11 @@ 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 a asterisk
\&'*' only, it matches all hosts.
Since 7.21.7, the proxy string may be specified with a protocol:// prefix to
specify alternative proxy protocols. Use socks4://, socks4a:// or socks5:// to
request the specific SOCKS version to be used. No protocol specified, http://
and all others will be treated as HTTP proxies.
.SH EXIT CODES
There are a bunch of different error codes and their corresponding error
messages that may appear during bad conditions. At the time of this writing,

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@ -632,6 +632,11 @@ use of a proxy, even if there is an environment variable set for it.
Since 7.14.1, the proxy host string given in environment variables can be
specified the exact same way as the proxy can be set with \fICURLOPT_PROXY\fP,
include protocol prefix (http://) and embedded user + password.
Since 7.21.7, the proxy string may be specified with a protocol:// prefix to
specify alternative proxy protocols. Use socks4://, socks4a:// or socks5:// to
request the specific SOCKS version to be used. No protocol specified, http://
and all others will be treated as HTTP proxies.
.IP CURLOPT_PROXYPORT
Pass a long with this option to set the proxy port to connect to unless it is
specified in the proxy string \fICURLOPT_PROXY\fP.