ssh-agent.sh

ssh-agent_snippet.sh

# grabbed from S.O. and then tuned it (sort of)

# SSH agent
ssh_pid_file="$HOME/.config/ssh-agent.pid"
SSH_AUTH_SOCK="$HOME/.config/ssh-agent.sock"
if [ -z "$SSH_AGENT_PID" ]
then
        # no PID exported, try to get it from pidfile
        SSH_AGENT_PID=$(cat "$ssh_pid_file")
fi

if ! kill -0 $SSH_AGENT_PID &> /dev/null
then
        # the agent is not running, start it
        rm "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" &> /dev/null
        >&2 echo "Starting SSH agent, since it's not running; this can take a moment"
        eval "$(ssh-agent -s -a "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK")"
        echo "$SSH_AGENT_PID" > "$ssh_pid_file"
        ssh-add -A 2>/dev/null

        >&2 echo "Started ssh-agent with '$SSH_AUTH_SOCK'"
# else
#       >&2 echo "ssh-agent on '$SSH_AUTH_SOCK' ($SSH_AGENT_PID)"
fi
export SSH_AGENT_PID
export SSH_AUTH_SOCK