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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2011-10-11T11·45+0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2011-10-11T11·45+0000
commitc362e4d718cb31e532a4e2d708d07a57bc3bdf55 (patch)
tree526362a5740a7f6858ccab4e2776b21a84ea2ac2 /perl/lib/Nix/SSH.pm
parent7d314b8c959ca5c3dda8aea9c74079f4be63e19e (diff)
* Move SSH.pm.
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+use strict;
+use File::Temp qw(tempdir);
+
+our @sshOpts = split ' ', ($ENV{"NIX_SSHOPTS"} or "");
+
+push @sshOpts, "-x";
+
+my $sshStarted = 0;
+my $sshHost;
+
+# Open a master SSH connection to `host', unless there already is a
+# running master connection (as determined by `-O check').
+sub openSSHConnection {
+    my ($host) = @_;
+    die if $sshStarted;
+    $sshHost = $host;
+    return 1 if system("ssh $sshHost @sshOpts -O check 2> /dev/null") == 0;
+
+    my $tmpDir = tempdir("nix-ssh.XXXXXX", CLEANUP => 1, TMPDIR => 1)
+        or die "cannot create a temporary directory";
+    
+    push @sshOpts, "-S", "$tmpDir/control";
+
+    # Start the master.  We can't use the `-f' flag (fork into
+    # background after establishing the connection) because then the
+    # child continues to run if we are killed.  So instead make SSH
+    # print "started" when it has established the connection, and wait
+    # until we see that.
+    open SSHPIPE, "ssh $sshHost @sshOpts -M -N -o LocalCommand='echo started' -o PermitLocalCommand=yes |" or die;
+
+    while (<SSHPIPE>) {
+        chomp;
+        if ($_ eq "started") {
+            $sshStarted = 1;
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+# Tell the master SSH client to exit.
+sub closeSSHConnection {
+    if ($sshStarted) {
+        system("ssh $sshHost @sshOpts -O exit 2> /dev/null") == 0
+            or warn "unable to stop SSH master: $?";
+    }
+}
+
+END { my $saved = $?; closeSSHConnection; $? = $saved; }
+
+return 1;