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Persistent ssh-agent on remove box
# setup ssh-agent
agent_env_file=~/.ssh/agent.env
agent_sock=~/.ssh/agent.sock
if [ -f $agent_env_file ] ; then
. $agent_env_file > /dev/null
if ! kill -0 $SSH_AGENT_PID > /dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Stale agent file found. Spawning new agent ..."
eval `ssh-agent -t 4h -a $agent_sock | tee $agent_env_file`
ssh-add
fi
else
echo "Starting ssh-agent ..."
eval `ssh-agent -t 4h -a $agent_sock | tee $agent_env_file`
ssh-add
fi
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