.zshrc.local.grml

# some stuff taken from grml by schuett


# creates an alias and precedes the command with
# sudo if $EUID is not zero.
salias() {
    emulate -L zsh
    local only=0 ; local multi=0
    local key val
    while [[ $1 == -* ]] ; do
        case $1 in
            (-o) only=1 ;;
            (-a) multi=1 ;;
            (--) shift ; break ;;
            (-h)
                printf 'usage: salias [-h|-o|-a] <alias-expression>\n'
                printf '  -h      shows this help text.\n'
                printf '  -a      replace '\'' ; '\'' sequences with '\'' ; sudo '\''.\n'
                printf '          be careful using this option.\n'
                printf '  -o      only sets an alias if a preceding sudo would be needed.\n'
                return 0
                ;;
            (*) printf "unkown option: '%s'\n" "$1" ; return 1 ;;
        esac
        shift
    done

    if (( ${#argv} > 1 )) ; then
        printf 'Too many arguments %s\n' "${#argv}"
        return 1
    fi

    key="${1%%\=*}" ;  val="${1#*\=}"
    if (( EUID == 0 )) && (( only == 0 )); then
        alias -- "${key}=${val}"
    elif (( EUID > 0 )) ; then
        (( multi > 0 )) && val="${val// ; / ; sudo }"
        alias -- "${key}=sudo ${val}"
    fi

    return 0
}