[Bioperl-l] How_to_set_proxy_information_in_getGenBank.pl

[Charles Plessy]

> For unknown reason, if I set it using
> setenv HTTP_PROXY=http://a.b.c.d:80
> then I will get an equal sign at the end of the string, causing 
> malfunction.

The reason is not that unknown ;)

under sh/bash, you should do this : 
export VARIABLE=value

under csh/tcsh :
setenv VARIABLE value

What you are actually doing is setting the variable
'HTTP_PROXY=http://a.b.c.d:80' to the value ''. Hence the equal sign.

Charles