Check SSH_BIN_PATH was unexpected at this time

[tophermiller]

C:>ssh-agent

results in this output:

\Git\usr\bin". Check SSH_BIN_PATH." was unexpected at this time.

I worked around it by commenting out lines 29-32 where that string is found.

[ericblade]

that's... really weird seeming. What version of Windows?

[tophermiller]

Windows 10 with all updates. From: Eric Blade <notifications@github.com> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2018 2:26 PM To: ericblade/ssh-agent-cmd <ssh-agent-cmd@noreply.github.com> Cc: Chris Miller <chris@tophermiller.com>; Author <author@noreply.github.com> Subject: Re: [ericblade/ssh-agent-cmd] Check SSH_BIN_PATH was unexpected at this time (#11) that's... really weird seeming. What version of Windows? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#11 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABgE_COVtiYlUbfxIIP62i5nrB7XHAXAks5u9UkJgaJpZM4ZjHwF>.

[ericblade]

hmm. I've never seen anything like that . . i wonder if you could remove the @echo off from the top, and run it with those lines intact, so we can see what it thinks it's doing? Is there something odd about your SSH_BIN_PATH or one of the other paths referred to I wonder?

[tophermiller]

It’s something about the reference to environment variable %SSH_BIN_PATH% on line 30. If I remove just that reference, it works fine. It’s funny, it’s not even trying to execute that line of code, since it was able to establish the proper SSH_BIN_PATH earlier in the script. The interpreter just somehow sees it as a syntax error and can’t get past it. Probably something to do with nested quotes? …Chris. From: Eric Blade <notifications@github.com> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2018 4:39 PM To: ericblade/ssh-agent-cmd <ssh-agent-cmd@noreply.github.com> Cc: Chris Miller <chris@tophermiller.com>; Author <author@noreply.github.com> Subject: Re: [ericblade/ssh-agent-cmd] Check SSH_BIN_PATH was unexpected at this time (#11) hmm. I've never seen anything like that . . i wonder if you could remove the @echo<https://github.com/echo> off from the top, and run it with those lines intact, so we can see what it thinks it's doing? Is there something odd about your SSH_BIN_PATH or one of the other paths referred to I wonder? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#11 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABgE_JAQG-AyTVq8jA-kLKLz8si_TJQFks5u9WgqgaJpZM4ZjHwF>.

[ericblade]

hmm. can you share the values of %ProgramFiles% %ProgramFiles(x86)% and %SSH_BIN_PATH% ?

[tophermiller]

A:\>echo %ProgramFiles% C:\Program Files A:\>echo %ProgramFiles(x86)% C:\Program Files (x86) A:\>echo %SSH_BIN_PATH% "C:\Program Files (x86)\git\usr\bin\" And here is the full output from running the script with @echo off disabled: A:\analytics>rem set SSH_BIN_PATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\usr\bin\" A:\analytics>rem -- This prevents us from infinite looping at startup. A:\analytics>rem -- Surprise! "FOR" runs a new command processor for every loop! Wow! A:\analytics>rem -- So, this is put at the top to short circuit any additional executions that might happen A:\analytics>rem -- as a side effect of other commands inside. A:\analytics>IF DEFINED SSH_AGENT_SEARCHING GOTO :end A:\analytics>set SSH_AGENT_SEARCHING=1 A:\analytics>rem -- *** SET SSH_BIN_PATH TO THE LOCATION WHERE YOUR SSH BINARIES ARE IF NOT INSTALLED WITH GIT IN A:\analytics>rem -- *** THE NORMAL PLACE (\program files\ or \program files (x86)\) A:\analytics>if not defined SSH_BIN_PATH ( echo Searching for SSH bin path... Define SSH_BIN_PATH to override. if exist "C:\Program Files\git\usr\bin\ssh-agent.exe" (set SSH_BIN_PATH="C:\Program Files\git\usr\bin\" ) else if exist "C:\Program Files (x86)\git\usr\bin\ssh-agent.exe" (set SSH_BIN_PATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\git\u sr\bin\" ) if defined SSH_BIN_PATH ( setlocal enabledelayedexpansion echo Found !SSH_BIN_PATH!... endlocal ) ) Searching for SSH bin path... Define SSH_BIN_PATH to override. Found "C:\Program Files (x86)\git\usr\bin\"... \git\usr\bin\"\. Check SSH_BIN_PATH." was unexpected at this time. From: Eric Blade <notifications@github.com> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2018 1:13 PM To: ericblade/ssh-agent-cmd <ssh-agent-cmd@noreply.github.com> Cc: Chris Miller <chris@tophermiller.com>; Author <author@noreply.github.com> Subject: Re: [ericblade/ssh-agent-cmd] Check SSH_BIN_PATH was unexpected at this time (#11) hmm. can you share the values of %ProgramFiles% %ProgramFiles(x86)% and %SSH_BIN_PATH% ? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#11 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABgE_ESNjIsYsukFjWmW6DXS5uuAAelPks5u9olzgaJpZM4ZjHwF>.

[ericblade]

Interesting. I don't see anything obviously wrong, there, maybe I'll plug those values in directly sometime and see what happens. I wonder if the quotes in SSH_BIN_PATH are messing it up.