Node.js Arch User

archuser.js

const getDistro = require('linus');
const isRoot = require('is-root');
const timeout = require('timeout-as-promise');
const chalk = require('chalk');
const truthy = require('truthy');
const execa = require('execa');
const terminate = require('terminate');
const Log = require('log');
const Promise = require('bluebird');
const pacmanCmd = require('system-install')().split(' ')[1];
const leftPad = require('left-pad');
const log = new Log();
const distro = Promise.promisify(getDistro.name);

function update() {
  const pacman = execa(pacmanCmd, ['-Syu', '--noconfirm']);
  pacman.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
  return pacman.then(timeout(10000)).then(update);
}

distro().then(d => {
  // A true Arch user uses only vanilla Arch.
  if (truthy(d.indexOf('Arch') < 0)) {
    return Promise.reject('Not running on Arch. Aborting...');
  }
  // Check if we are root.
  if(!truthy(isRoot())) {
    return Promise.reject('Not running as root...');
  }
}).then(update).catch(err => {
  log.error(chalk.bgRed(err));
  terminate(process.pid);
});

package.json

{
  "name": "arch-user",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "A simple script to replace an Arch user",
  "main": "archuser.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "TheBITLINK aka BIT <[email protected]>",
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
    "bluebird": "^3.4.6",
    "chalk": "^1.1.3",
    "execa": "^0.5.0",
    "is-root": "^1.0.0",
    "left-pad": "^1.1.3",
    "linus": "0.0.6",
    "log": "^1.4.0",
    "system-install": "^1.0.0",
    "terminate": "^1.0.8",
    "timeout-as-promise": "^1.0.0",
    "truthy": "0.0.1"
  }
}