Matt, Please read the original reply (<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-02/msg01890.html>) *carefully*. Use copy/paste if necessary. It would probably also be useful for you to read "info bash", especially the section on "Command Substitution". And, as mentioned, this is not Cygwin-specific. Igor
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Matt wrote: > am i supposed to use: > $ eval "ssh-agent" > > that doesn't work either. > > as for SSH_AGENT_PID, i don't know why it isnt there, > thats the problem I'm trying to solve. > --- David Starks-Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please keep this on the list. > > > > On Monday 24 Feb 03, Matt writes: > > > nope, sorry, i forgot to mention i tried that > > having > > > seen it in posts. i tried it again and here's > > what i > > > get > > > > > > $ eval 'ssh-agent' > > > > These are the wrong quotes. > > > > > SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-HKmR3576/agent.3576; export > > > SSH_AUTH_SOCK; > > > SSH_AGENT_PID=2312; export SSH_AGENT_PID; > > > echo Agent pid 2312; > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ > > > $ set | grep SSH > > > SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-CjVj1576/agent.1576 > > > > What about SSH_AGENT_PID? > > > > Your description of events has to be accurate or we > > won't be able to > > help you. > > > > David -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Oh, boy, virtual memory! Now I'm gonna make myself a really *big* RAMdisk! -- /usr/games/fortune -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/