Function: eshell/sudo

eshell/sudo is a byte-compiled function defined in em-tramp.el.gz.

Signature

(eshell/sudo &rest ARGS)

Documentation

Alias "sudo" to call Tramp.

Uses the system sudo through Tramp's sudo method.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/eshell/em-tramp.el.gz
(defun eshell/sudo (&rest args)
  "Alias \"sudo\" to call Tramp.

Uses the system sudo through Tramp's sudo method."
  (eshell-eval-using-options
   "sudo" args
   '((?h "help" nil nil "show this usage screen")
     (?u "user" t user "execute a command as another USER")
     (?s "shell" nil shell "start a shell instead of executing COMMAND")
     :show-usage
     :parse-leading-options-only
     :usage "[(-u | --user) USER] (-s | --shell) | COMMAND
Execute a COMMAND as the superuser or another USER.")
   (let ((dir (eshell--method-wrap-directory default-directory "sudo" user)))
     (if shell
         (throw 'eshell-replace-command
                (eshell-parse-command "cd" (list dir)))
       (throw 'eshell-external
              (let ((default-directory dir))
                (eshell-named-command (car args) (cdr args))))))))