From: Jamis Buck <jamis@37signals.com>
Date: 2005-10-11T05:19:30+09:00
Subject: Re: documentation & tutorials for net::ssh

On Oct 10, 2005, at 2:11 PM, bob wrote:

>> Bob,
>>
>> Let me ask it this way. What shell command are you giving to the
>> remote server? Are the commands self-terminating, or do they remain
>> open waiting for a signal or key-press or whatever?
>>
>> - Jamis
>>
>
> They are all going to be self terminating, like the example I gave.

Actually, the example you gave was "tail -f #{file}", and tail -f is  
not self-terminating. It remains open until the command is killed  
(TERM signal, for instance), outputting lines from the end of the  
file as they appear.

If you want it to be self-terminating, try removing the -f switch.  
Let me know if that helps.

- Jamis