# tests ssh connection. crafted this to not need to do escape chars
f=/a/bin/bash_unpublished/source-state
if ! old_info=($($old_shell "hostname; sed -n s,.*MAIL_HOST=,,p $f; sed -n s,.*HOST2=,,p $f")); then
# tests ssh connection. crafted this to not need to do escape chars
f=/a/bin/bash_unpublished/source-state
if ! old_info=($($old_shell "hostname; sed -n s,.*MAIL_HOST=,,p $f; sed -n s,.*HOST2=,,p $f")); then