ssh host echo bla | echo bla

[Nicolas Williams]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 05:12:02PM +0100, Markus Friedl wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 10:13:41PM +0300, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> > Markus Friedl wrote:
> > > 
> > > ok, consider this:
> > > 
> > >         $ ssh -1 localhost od /bsd | true
> > >         $ ssh -2 localhost od /bsd | true
> > > 
> > > i think this is a 'bug'
> > 
> > Definitely. 
> 
> especially since
> 	$ ssh -2 host od /bsd | true
> will take some time, but data is not sent to
> the client.

So what's the fix? Check to make sure that stdout/stderr are not broken
pipes before starting the connection? And what if the pipe breaks after
the connection is started?

Nico
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