NAME

       polipo - a caching web proxy

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       Polipo is a caching HTTP proxy.  It listens to requests for web pages from your browser and forwards them
       to  web  servers,  and  forwards  the servers' replies to your browser.  In the process, it optimises and
       cleans up the network traffic.

       By default, Polipo listens on TCP port 8123.  Please configure your web  browser  to  use  the  proxy  on
       localhost port 8123.

OPTIONS

       -h     Display help and exit.

       -v     Display the list of configuration variables and exit.

       -x     Purge the on-disk cache and exit.

       -c     Select an alternate configuration file.

       var=val
              Change the value of a configuration variable.

FILES

       /etc/polipo/config
              The default location of Polipo's configuration file.

       /etc/polipo/forbidden
              The default location of the list of forbidden URLs.

       /var/cache/polipo/
              The default location of the on-disk cache.

       /usr/share/polipo/www/
              The default root of the local web space.

SIGNALS

       SIGUSR1
              write out all in-memory objects to disk and reload the forbidden URLs file.

       SIGUSR2
              write  out  all in-memory objects to disk, discard all in-memory objects, and reload the forbidden
              URLs file.

       SIGTERM, SIGINT, SIGHUP
              write out all in-memory objects to disk and quit.

SECURITY

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

       There is no reason to run Polipo as root.

FULL DOCUMENTATION

       The  full  manual  for  Polipo  is  maintained in a texinfo file, and is normally available through a web
       server internal to Polipo.  Please make sure that Polipo is running, and point your favourite web browser
       at

              http://localhost:8123/

       Alternatively, you may type

              $ info polipo

       at a shell prompt, or

              C-h i m polipo RET

       in Emacs.

AUTHOR

       Polipo was written by Juliusz Chroboczek.

                                                                                                       POLIPO(1)