On Mon, 16 Jan 2006, Karl M wrote:

> and then specify the proxy with an environment variable, I should get the
> socket for the transfer after the proxy connection and authentication have
> been completed.
>
> But if I don't set any environment variables for the proxy, do I get a
> direct connection to my target? Or, will I get some error condition?

You'd get a direct connection. The other proxy options will simply be ignored
if you don't set the "master" proxy option (== the proxy host name).

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