ssh-agent

From: Payal (payalrathod_at_gmail.com)
Date: 06/23/05 

Date: 23 Jun 2005 12:06:50 -0700

Hello,
A vague question.
I always thought that ssh-agent is for using keys, but druing my recent
visit
to my friend's office I saw their consultant using ssh-agent like,
# ssh-agent /path/to/some/dir/script.pl

I didn't get a chance to ask him, but any ideas what is ssh-agent doing
with a script instead of something like eval ssh-agent et. al.

With warm regards,
-Payal

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