Unverified Commit c7452162 authored by Daniel Stenberg's avatar Daniel Stenberg
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curl.1: mention how to add numerical IP addresses in NO_PROXY

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@@ -24,14 +24,17 @@ Sets the proxy server to use if no protocol-specific proxy is set.
list of host names that shouldn't go through any proxy. If set to a asterisk
\&'*' only, it matches all hosts.

Since 7.53.0, this environment variable disable the proxy even if specify
--proxy option. That is
This environment variable disables use of the proxy even when specified with
the --proxy option. That is
.B NO_PROXY=direct.example.com curl -x http://proxy.example.com
.B http://direct.example.com
accesses the target URL directly, and
.B NO_PROXY=direct.example.com curl -x http://proxy.example.com
.B http://somewhere.example.com
accesses the target URL through proxy.
accesses the target URL through the proxy.

The list of host names can also be include numerical IP addresses, and IPv6
versions should then be given without enclosing brackets.

.SH "PROXY PROTOCOL PREFIXES"
Since curl version 7.21.7, the proxy string may be specified with a