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NAME

       usewithtor  -  Shell  wrapper  to  simplify  the use of the torsocks(8)
       library to transparently allow an application to use a SOCKS proxy.

SYNOPSIS

       usewithtor [application [application’s arguments]]

DESCRIPTION

       usewithtor  is  a  wrapper  between  the  torsocks  library   and   the
       application what you would like to run socksified.

OPTIONS

       [application [application’s arguments]]
              run   the   application   as   specified  with  the  environment
              (LD_PRELOAD) set such that torsocks(8) will transparently  proxy
              SOCKS connections in that program.

USEWITHTOR VERSUS TORSOCKS

       usewithtor  runs  torsocks(1)  with  the  default  configuration  file,
       located at /etc/torsocks.conf.  Running torsocks(1) directly means that
       no  configuration  file  will  be  used  (unless  you  manually set the
       TORSOCKS_CONF_FILE or TSOCKS_CONF_FILE environment  variable),  instead
       torsocks(8)   will   use  defaults  that  are  sensible  for  most  Tor
       installations.

USEWITHTOR VERSUS TORIFY

       usewithtor(1) and torify(1) intend to achieve the same  ends  for  most
       practical  purposes.  However  torify(1)  will  use  a  default  tsocks
       installation if  one  exists.   Usewithtor(1)  will  only  ever  use  a
       torsocks(8) installation.

SEE ALSO

       torsocks.conf(5) torsocks(1) usewithtor(1)

AUTHOR

       Robert  Hogan  (robert@roberthogan.net).This  script is very similar to
       torify(1), provided by the Tor project.