> Is there a way, from within the same batch script used to make the SSH > connection, to send a packet of data, or something similar, every minute > so that the connection will be kept alive?
Have a look at autossh, which does this and also restarts any ssh connection which is still alive but has stopped passing data. You can even set it up to run as a service, so that your TCP tunnels will be available from boot. See the README.Cygwin file for details. Andrew. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
