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Message-ID: <f8e6ff050604051227n77a0902ayf64017bfd407fb56@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2006-04-05T19:27:59Z
From: Hadley Wickham
Subject: Setting environment variables, especially http_proxy and ftp_proxy
In-Reply-To: <40e66e0b0604051135t20ef34adrffcbefb4aca441c2@mail.gmail.com>

On 4/5/06, Douglas Bates <bates at stat.wisc.edu> wrote:
> I have installed the universal binary for R-2.2.1 on an Intel Mac that
> is behind a firewall.  How do I ensure that the http_proxy environment
> variable is set when I start R?  I understand that I must do this
> before the first time I use the internal network code.

I tend not to use the GUI for just this reason (and the fact it
doesn't support my favourite bash completion stuff).

It is trivial from the command line:

HTTP_PROXY=.... R

And you can set up an alias in ~/.profile if needed.

Hadley