mbylander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>>For the record, here is my wrapper (yumwrap): >>> >>>#!/bin/sh >>>http_proxy= >>>HTTP_PROXY= >>>ftp_proxy= >>>FTP_PROXY= >>>yum $1 $2 >>This script does nothing. You didn't export the variables >>you set, so > (Don't the variables stay set for the > duration of the script anyway, so that the calling of yum at > the end is affected by those variables? No. Without exporting the var's, they don't get inherited by child processes (like yum, in this case). -- Rex