From: TJ Luoma <luomat@gmail.com>
To: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: add 'sudo' to 'mv' if file isn't writable by $USER
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:19:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADjGqHtVg9bnFTHE2gk59m3cnnLsWJjzYAgr9V4=gioPbxPnHg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
I'm wondering if someone has already done this.
I have a function which does this:
move () {
command which -s gmv
if [ "$?" = "0" ]
then
gmv --verbose --backup=numbered $@
else
mv -v -i $@
fi
}
(simply put: use 'gmv' if it exists, otherwise use 'mv')
That works pretty well (although if there are ways to do it better,
please let me know).
HOWEVER, now I want to do
"If $FILE is writable by $USER, do 'move' as above. ELSE use 'sudo'
before the mv or gmv command"
I can probably cobble together a solution, but I thought I'd check
first to see if someone here had already invented this wheel.
TjL
next reply other threads:[~2011-09-14 22:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-14 22:19 TJ Luoma [this message]
2011-09-15 3:30 ` Benjamin R. Haskell
2011-09-15 18:20 ` TJ Luoma
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