Bash script to set up a temporary SSH tunnel

Question

On Cygwin, I want a Bash script to:

1. Create an SSH tunnel to a remote server.
2. Do some work locally that uses the tunnel.
3. Then shut down the

Answer 1

You could launch the ssh with a & a the end, to put it in the background and grab its id when doing. Then you just have to do a kill of that id when you're done.