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How to access wget http://XXX from cygwin windows 7?

Following command fails within CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW environment on windows 7 platform, it threw error, even after proper proxy username, password, URL:

$ wget -c http://ajkpl.kona.pan/tpkn.xes

Resolving x.x.x.x (x.x.x.x)... y.y.y.y
Connecting to x.x.x.x (x.x.x.x)|y.y.y.y|:83... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 503 Service Unavailable
2016-03-01 16:07:42 ERROR 503: Service Unavailable.
Solution

  • If Windows is already configured to thru with proxy and if cygwin shows http_proxy set to some value, then delete http_proxy variable with following command:

    $ unset http_proxy