SSH Agent re-use

zoze0 · Nov 14, 2016 · 1a12b77 · 1a12b77
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+# source: http://www.electricmonk.nl/log/2012/04/24/re-use-existing-ssh-agent-cygwin-et-al/
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+
+# If no SSH agent is already running, start one now. Re-use sockets so we never
+# have to start more than one session.
+
+export SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/home/Ryan/.ssh-socket
+
+ssh-add -l >/dev/null 2>&1
+if [ $? = 2 ]; then
+   # No ssh-agent running
+   rm -rf $SSH_AUTH_SOCK
+   ssh-agent -a $SSH_AUTH_SOCK >/tmp/.ssh-script
+   source /tmp/.ssh-script
+   echo $SSH_AGENT_PID > ~/.ssh-agent-pid
+   rm /tmp/.ssh-script
+fi