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Helpful Pre-defined Functions

isPlainHostName(host)

True if and only if there is no domain name in the hostname (no dots).

host

the hostname from the URL (excluding port number).

shExpMatch(str, shexp)

Returns true if the string matches the specified shell expression.

str

is any string to compare (e.g. the URL, or the hostname).

shexp

is a shell expression to compare against.

Adapted from Navigator Proxy Auto-Configure File Format