fi
# launch sudo with just the variables we want to reach the other side.
- # we take an extra step to null out the PATH, since MacOS seems to want
- # to pass that even for a login shell (-i) somehow.
- PATH= /usr/bin/sudo --preserve-env=SSH_AUTH_SOCK,IMPORTED_XAUTH "$@"
+ local varmods=
+# varmods+="PATH= "
+ if [ ! -z "$IMPORTED_XAUTH" ]; then varmods+="IMPORTED_XAUTH=$IMPORTED_XAUTH "; fi
+ if [ ! -z "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then varmods+="SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$SSH_AUTH_SOCK"; fi
+ /usr/bin/sudo $varmods "$@"
retval=$?
# take the xauth info away again if it wasn't set already.
##############
- # site avenger aliases
+ # tty relevant functions...
+
+ # keep_awake: sends a message to the screen from the background.
+ function keep_awake()
+ {
+ # just starts the keep_awake process in the background.
+ bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/tty/keep_awake_process.sh &
+ # this should leave the job running as %1 or a higher number if there
+ # are pre-existing background jobs.
+ }
+
+ ##############
+
+ # site avenger functions...
+
function switchto()
{
THISDIR="$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/site_avenger"