RunAs - explaining example from the docs

[john_c]

Here is an example from the docs. I'm trying to understand what RegExMatch(full_command_line, " /restart(?!\S)") is doing. I tested this code and it seems we could simply remove RegExMatch part without any difference in the behaviour. But probably I miss something?

https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Run.htm#RunAs:

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full_command_line := DllCall("GetCommandLine", "str")
if not (A_IsAdmin or RegExMatch(full_command_line, " /restart(?!\S)"))
{
    try
    {
        if A_IsCompiled
            Run *RunAs "%A_ScriptFullPath%" /restart
        else
            Run *RunAs "%A_AhkPath%" /restart "%A_ScriptFullPath%"
    }
    ExitApp
}
MsgBox A_IsAdmin: %A_IsAdmin%`nCommand line: %full_command_line%

[gregster]

https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Run.htm#RunAs:

If UAC is disabled, *RunAs will launch the process without elevating it. Checking for /restart in the command line ensures that the script does not enter a runaway loop in that case.

As I understand it, it prevents an endless re-start loop, if the restart with elevated rights failed (because of disabled UAC) the first time (if it was restarted by this snippet, the /restart string will appear in the command line, compare the RunAs lines). If it could not fail, it could probably be left out.

Ps.: Would be cool next time, if you could directly link to the doc page where you took it from.