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  r78457 | senthil.kumaran | 2010-02-26 06:17:05 +0530 (Fri, 26 Feb 2010) | 3 lines

  Fixing issue5475 : urllib2.getproxies not documented
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Doc/library/urllib.rst

@@ -265,6 +265,15 @@ Utility functions
    to decode *path*.
 
 
+.. function:: getproxies()
+
+   This helper function returns a dictionary of scheme to proxy server URL
+   mappings. It scans the environment for variables named ``<scheme>_proxy``
+   for all operating systems first, and when it cannot find it, looks for proxy
+   information from Mac OSX System Configuration for Mac OS X and Windows
+   Systems Registry for Windows.
+
+
 URL Opener objects
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