1POLIPO(1)                   General Commands Manual                  POLIPO(1)
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NAME

6       polipo - a caching web proxy
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SYNOPSIS

9       polipo [ -h | -v | -x ] [ -c config ] [ var=val ]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Polipo  is  a caching HTTP proxy.  It listens to requests for web pages
13       from your browser and forwards them to web servers,  and  forwards  the
14       servers'  replies  to  your  browser.  In the process, it optimises and
15       cleans up the network traffic.
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17       By default, Polipo listens on TCP port 8123.  Please configure your web
18       browser to use the proxy on localhost port 8123.
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OPTIONS

21       -h     Display help and exit.
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23       -v     Display the list of configuration variables and exit.
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25       -x     Purge the on-disk cache and exit.
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27       -c     Select an alternate configuration file.
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FILES

33       /etc/polipo/config
34              The default location of Polipo's configuration file.
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37              The default location of the list of forbidden URLs.
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40              The default location of the on-disk cache.
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43              The default root of the local web space.
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SIGNALS

46       SIGUSR1
47              write out all in-memory objects to disk and reload the forbidden
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51              write out all in-memory objects to disk, discard  all  in-memory
52              objects, and reload the forbidden URLs file.
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54       SIGTERM, SIGINT, SIGHUP
55              write out all in-memory objects to disk and quit.
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SECURITY

58       The  internal  web server will follow symbolic links that point outside
59       the local document tree.  You should run Polipo in  a  chroot  jail  if
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FULL DOCUMENTATION

65       The full manual for Polipo is maintained in a texinfo file, and is nor‐
66       mally available through a web server internal to Polipo.   Please  make
67       sure that Polipo is running, and point your favourite web browser at
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AUTHOR

82       Polipo was written by Juliusz Chroboczek.
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