true. but never found this to be a problem in practice… > Am 12.09.2015 um 04:13 schrieb Stephen Harris <lists@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 11:14:07AM +1000, Damien Miller wrote: >> ssh server.example.com /usr/bin/do/something >> r=$? >> if [ $r -eq 0 ] ; then >> echo success >> elif [ $r -eq 255 ] ; then >> echo ssh failed >> else >> echo command failed >> fi > > > ssh remoteserver exit 255 > > Hmm :-) > > exit(-1) aka exit(255) is a pretty standard "generic failure code" > for many programs. > > The problem, really, is that "exit code" is the wrong thing to test for. > > x=`ssh remoteserver "echo CONNECTED && somecommand"` > > And then see if CONNECTED appears in the output to show successful > connection. > > -- > > rgds > Stephen > _______________________________________________ > openssh-unix-dev mailing list > openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
