On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Ronald Fischer <> wrote: > I can't fetch anything from the web using wget (Connection timed out). > My guess is that it has to do with the proxy settings, but: > > - my environment variable HTTP_PROXY is set, and > - from a Windows command line (i.e. outside of Cygwin), tools > (such as the package manager of ActiveState Perl) *can* use > the proxy specified here, without problems. > > What can I do to get wget working? > > Ronald > >
Try putting your preferences settings in a .wgetrc file. [file] http_proxy = "proxy:port" https_proxy = "proxy:port" proxy_user = "user" proxy_password = "password" [/file] -Jason -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
