#!/bin/bash
# based on
# http://askubuntu.com/questions/53443/how-do-i-ignore-a-proxy-if-not-available
# altered because testing a down proxy takes like 2 seconds,
# and we would do it like 100 times in a row. so cache a failed result
# locally for 10 minutes. Also, using newer option based on man apt.conf.
#
# Once when I was testing, it seemed I needed to have it output
# DIRECT after toutputing the proxy url
proxy_host=faiserver
proxy_port=3142
proxy_url=http://$proxy_host:$proxy_port/
f=/tmp/apt_proxy_fail
if [[ ! -w /tmp ]]; then
    echo DIRECT
    exit 0
fi
if [[ -r $f ]]; then
    if  (( $(( $(date +%s) - $(stat -c %Y $f ) )) < 60*10 )); then
        echo DIRECT
        exit 0
    else
        if [[ -w $f ]]; then
            rm -f $f
        fi
    fi
fi
if getent hosts $proxy_host &>/dev/null && timeout 1 nc -z $proxy_host $proxy_port &>/dev/null; then
    echo $proxy_url
else
    if [[ ! -e $f || -w $f ]]; then
        touch $f
    fi
fi