Re: http_proxy

Gisle Aas wrote:
> Your problem is that LWP::Simple calls $ua->env_proxy when it loads.  The -MLWP::Simple make perl load the module before the -e code runs.  You need to arrange for the environment variable to be deleted before that.  Deleting it in a BEGIN block is probably the way to go.  For instance like this:
> 
>    perl -e 'BEGIN{ delete $ENV{HTTP_PROXY} }; use LWP::Simple; print get("http://www.google.co.uk")'

Excellent!  It works and explains why my trial and error was mostly error.

thank you, kindly!
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