On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:36 PM, Rob <robpill...@gmail.com> wrote: > [local-machine %] ssh user@host & && xmessage connected > [ssh-machine %] ... > > `xmessage connected' will be executed even though ssh hasn't exit(0)'d > yet.
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `&&'
You probably meant this:
$ { ssh user@host &; } && xmessage connected
Still, you would always be running "xmessage connected" even in the
case of "ssh user@host" failing, which is not what he wants.
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Fernando
