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sudome — A simple Ruby method which checks if the current script is running as root, and if not, re-invokes itself by using the sudo command.
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sudome.rb
# A simple Ruby method which checks if the current script
# is running as root, and if not, re-invokes itself by
# using the sudo command.
def sudome
if ENV["USER"] != "root"
exec("sudo #{ENV['_']} #{ARGV.join(' ')}")
end
end
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