[plug] Configuring wget using .wgetrc

[Buddrige, David]

Thanks for your reply 8-)

> Bill K writes:
> auto-proxy is a kludge that id designed for specific 
> circumstances - a better idea is a transparent proxy which 
> catches a lot of other apps like wget, and can stop users 
> bypassing it.

I have no control over the proxy settings on the [work] network. I got
the info about the auto-proxy by looking at the settings on my browser
which uses the work network.

In the case of an external website, the return (from auto-proxy) is:

"PROXY proxy:8080"

But I don't know how to feed that info into wget since wget seems to be
just looking for 
    --proxy-user=USER
and
    --proxy-password=PASS

But it doesn't seem to have an option for specifying the proxy name
itself.

Cheers

David. 8-)

> 
> BillK
> 
> On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 10:17 +0800, Buddrige, David wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I am trying to use wget to download a webpage to a local machine.
> > 
> > My problem is that I have a proxy but the proxy settings are not 
> > explicitly defined.  In my firefox proxy settings I have the option 
> > "Use automatic configuration script" ticked and a value of 
> > "http://[some-ip-address]/wpad.dat" for the configuration 
> script to use.
> > 
> > Therefore, setting the command line options "--proxy-user=SOMEUSER" 
> > and "--proxy-password=SOMEPASSWORD" is not going to work.
> > 
> > Does anyone know if it be possible to configure wget to 
> operate using 
> > an auto configuration script for proxy settings?
> > 
> > Thanks heaps guys,
> > 
> > David.
> > 
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