!7

sbool preserveEnvironment = true;
sS javaxOptions = "-verbose -dontcompilethroughport5000";

p {
  if (hasSuperUserVM()) {
    print("Super User VM already running!");
    ret;
  }
  
  doIt();
  cleanKill();
}

svoid doIt ctex {
  if (!isOnPATH("x-terminal-emulator"))
    fail("x-terminal-emulator not on PATH. Your Linux is weird");
    
  //File outFile = File.createTempFile("suvm_", ".out");
  File outFile = newFile("/tmp/" + now() + ".log");
  S msg = "Starting JavaX Super User VM...";
  
  // the actual command executed as root
  
  S cmd3 = "whoami; nohup "
    + relativeCmdToAbsoluteUsingPath(_javaCommand())
    + " " + javaxDefaultVMArgs()
    + " -jar " + pathToJavaxJar()
    + " " + appendSpaceIfNempty(javaxOptions)
    + psI(#1009053)
    + " " + bashQuote(userHome())
    + " >" + bashQuote(outFile) + " 2>&1 &";
    
  print(+cmd3);
  
  S cmd2 = "echo " + bashQuote(msg) + "; echo; sudo "
    + (preserveEnvironment ? "-E " : "") + "/bin/bash -c " + bashQuote(cmd3) + "; sleep 2";
  print(+cmd2);
  S cmd = "/bin/bash -c " + bashQuote(cmd2);
  print(+cmd);
  
  nohup("x-terminal-emulator -e " + bashQuote(cmd));
  
  print("\nWatch " + outFile + " to check progress");
}

Began life as a copy of #1009051