Re: implementing a heartbeat for tramp

[Matthew Kennedy <mkennedy@gentoo.org>]

Kai Grossjohann <kai@emptydomain.de> writes:

> Matthew Kennedy <mkennedy@gentoo.org> writes:

[...]

> I think "echo heart-beat" would do fine :-)
> Or maybe "echo hello", that's used in Tramp for other purposes
> already, I think.
>
> But maybe someone can come up with a really KEWL command that goes
> well with the name Tramp?
>
> Are you going to contribute your code?  That would be just great.
>
> Hm.  Hmmm...  Isn't there a keep-alive option for ssh?  Just a
> thought.

[...]

Hi Kai,

Yes, I will try to write it in such a way that its contributable ;)

There is a keep alive option for ssh, unfortunately this router
somehow clobbers it.

Matt
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Matthew Kennedy