the httpproxy variable is read by webfs on startup only. webfs is usually started in your $home/lib/profile to provide http client service.
just setting httpproxy before running hget or mothra has no effect on the proxy setting unless you start a new webfs instance. so try: httpproxy=http://proxy:port webfs hget http://www.google.com/ when that works, set the httpproxy variable at the top of your $home/lib/profile before webfs is started to make it permanent. -- cinap
