Using Plink on Windows returns "Unable to write to standard output"

[Patrick Mézard]

Martin Gignac wrote:
> Note that I have tried using OpenSSH with Cygwin on the Windows
> machines (and modifying my 'mercurial.ini' file accordingly) and I do
> *not* get the 'remote: Unable to write to standard output' message in
> these cases.
> 
> The only reason I prefer to continue using PuTTY's Plink is to be able
> to use the convenience of the stored Pageant key.

I do not know exactly what you are looking for with Pageant, but in case 
you missed it, there is some kind of ssh-agent port for openssh on 
Windows called "win-ssh-askpass":
<http://www.ganaware.jp/archives/2006/04/winsshaskpass_1.html>

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Patrick Mézard