John R Pierce wrote:
> Clint Dilks wrote:
>
>> and now
>>
>> export http_proxy="http://<user>:\\/alid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:80
>>
>
> ok, i bet i know what the problem is here. the / is a stop character in
> UR syntax, as its a path seperatorL, used to seperate a path. I'm
> guessing you shoudl avoid / \ ; @ % and maybe , ? & and * in your
> passwords. ` ` ! # ^ ( ) - _ = + [ ] { } | ; < > should be safe.
> unless I"m forgetting something.
>
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Hi this is the issue but there is a solution other than avoiding these
characters URL Escaping
See
http://www.december.com/html/spec/esccodes.html
So my example becomes
export http_proxy=http://<user>:%5C%2Falid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:80 which works.
Thanks to all who assisted with this :)
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