script for setting proxy env variables

bin/proxy

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+#
+# This script sets up http_proxy and https_proxy environment variables
+# when the first positional command line parameter is 'on'
+# and unsets them when the first positional command line parameter is 'off'
+#
+#
+# usage:
+# source proxy off
+# source proxy on
+
+conffile="$HOME/.proxies"
+
+if [ "$1" = "on" ]; then
+    if [ -f "$conffile" ]; then
+	    source "${conffile}"
+		export http_proxy https_proxy
+		echo "https_proxy: ${https_proxy}"
+	    echo "http_proxy:  ${http_proxy}"
+	else
+		echo "create $conffile"
+	fi
+elif [ "$1" = "off" ]; then
+    unset http_proxy https_proxy
+    echo "Proxy is off"
+fi
+
+
+# vim formatting
+# vim: set ts=4 sw=4 tw=0 noet ft=bash: