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Resume use of ssh-agent
env=~/.ssh/agent.env
agent_load_env () {
. "$env" >| /dev/null ; }
agent_start () {
(umask 077; ssh-agent >| "$env")
. "$env" >| /dev/null ; }
agent_load_env
# agent_run_state:
# 0=agent running w/ key;
# 1=agent w/o key;
# 2= agent not running
agent_run_state=$(ssh-add -l >| /dev/null 2>&1; echo $?)
if [ ! "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ] || [ $agent_run_state = 2 ]; then
agent_load_env
agent_start
ssh-add
elif [ "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ] && [ $agent_run_state = 1 ]; then
ssh-add
fi
unset env
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