Do not fork ssh session into background by default. Use -f to daemonize ssh.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bin/jupyter_safe_port b/bin/jupyter_safe_port
index 91981c0..943fbeb 100755
--- a/bin/jupyter_safe_port
+++ b/bin/jupyter_safe_port
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Arguments:
     -c    only generate the SSH connection string
     -d    dump ports (useful in scripts)
               format: local remote
+    -f    apply SSH argument to daemonize session (i.e. ssh -f)
 " $(basename $0)
 }
 
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ fi
 PORT_MAX=65535
 dump=0
 connect_only=0
+daemonize=0
+ssh_args=(-N)
 
 
 # Parse arguments
@@ -60,6 +63,11 @@ while [[ $i < $argc ]]; do
                 (( i++ ))
                 continue
                 ;;
+            f)
+                daemonize=1
+                (( i++ ))
+                continue
+                ;;
             *)
                 echo "error: unknown argument" >&2
                 usage
@@ -144,5 +152,8 @@ if ! (( connect_only )); then
     echo
 fi
 
+if (( daemonize )); then
+    ssh_args+=(-f)
+fi
 echo "Connect via:"
-echo "ssh -N -f -L$port_local:localhost:$port_remote $user@$server"
+echo "ssh ${ssh_args[@]} -L$port_local:localhost:$port_remote $user@$server"