[ale] Re: Simple bash question

[Doctor Who]

On Jan 24, 2008 7:49 PM, Doctor Who <whodoctor at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All-
>
> 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??