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Automagically setup SSH agent crap in your bash profile
SSH_ENV=$HOME/.ssh/environment
function start_agent {
echo "Initializing new SSH agent..."
/usr/bin/ssh-agent | sed 's/^echo/#echo/' > ${SSH_ENV}
echo succeeded
chmod 600 ${SSH_ENV}
. ${SSH_ENV} > /dev/null
/usr/bin/ssh-add;
}
# Source SSH settings, if applicable
if [ -f "${SSH_ENV}" ]; then
. ${SSH_ENV} > /dev/null
ps -x | grep "^ *${SSH_AGENT_PID}" | grep ssh-agent$ > /dev/null || {
start_agent;
}
else
start_agent;
fi
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