[ale] Re: Simple bash question

[Doctor Who]

On Jan 28, 2008 5:31 PM, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon January 28 2008, Doctor Who wrote:
> > > On a regular basis, I download code from CVS and then do the same
> > > steps to build.  I have a directory that contains a number of other
> > > directories.  I go into several of these directories (always the same
> > > ones) and do a:
> > >
> > > ./autogen.sh
> > > make
> > > **SWITCH TO ROOT AND THEN**
> > > make install
> > >
> > > I see the benefits in scripting this exercise.  The flow is something
> > > like:
> > >
> > > cd directory
> > > $ ./autogen.sh
> > > $ make
> > > $ su -
> > > Password: XXX
> > > # make install
> > > #exit
> > > $ cd ../next_directory
> > > $ ./autogen.sh
> > > $ make
> > > $ su -
> > > Password: XXX
> > > # make install
> > > #exit
> > > $cd ../third_directory
> > >
> > > ...ETC...
> > >
> > > Just curious how this might be accomplished with a bash script.  If
> > > there was an error kicked back at any step, it would be nice to say as
> > > such.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Anyone??
>
> why do you have to exit each time??
>
> you can do this with a here document..
>
>

Not sure i understand you.  The 'exit's above are how it looks on the
console when I do this manually today.