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tommyk
Asked: 2011-02-01 04:31:02 +0800 CST

What is the all_proxy environment variable used for?

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When I type 

set | grep -i proxy

I see all environmental variables which refers to proxy settings. I understand the meaning of http_proxy and ftp_proxy but what is all_proxy used for and where can I change it ?

It has been added to my environment variables when I used gnome-network-properties application. Why socks is specified there as a protocol?

all_proxy=socks://my_proxy:port/
proxy

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  1. Best Answer

    I found a post in a mailing list which says:

    We already export http,ftp,https proxy environment variables. Some environments, GNOME for instance, place the socks proxy in ALL_PROXY and all_proxy. Export it as well.

    Here is the post http://lists.o-hand.com/poky/2431.html

    So it's for the SOCKS proxy in gnome.

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