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[Sarada prasanna]

I have a process here before which I have to complete  some pre required
tasks ...Right now I do them manually.....i want an automated process that
will do them automatically....
Is there any way.....
  will makefile or shell file come to my rescue....

						cspn

Re: Makefile or Shell file

[Milind]

I think any of them will help you out , but based on your requisites.

If you have tasks that are independent , then you can go for shell file and
execute
it using sh(sh-posix) or ksh(korn shell) or bash/ksh if you are using linux.

Makefile is generally used for a sequence of dependent tasks, normally the
makefile has a hierarchical structure, eg

target (exe): <a.o> <b.o>
                     <other dependencies like .a , .h  files>

a.o : cc  <options> a.c
        <other dependencies like .h , .a files>
b.o:  cc <options> b.c
        .
        .
        .

So its really question of nature of tasks.


Sarada prasanna wrote:

> I have a process here before which I have to complete  some pre required
> tasks ...Right now I do them manually.....i want an automated process that
> will do them automatically....
> Is there any way.....
>   will makefile or shell file come to my rescue....
>
>                                                 cspn
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Re: Automated tasks

[Riley Williams]

Hi Sarada.

 > I have a process here before which I have to complete some pre
 > required tasks ...Right now I do them manually.....i want an
 > automated process that will do them automatically....

 > Is there any way.....

 > Will makefile or shell file come to my rescue....

A shell script would sort this out for you, but without details of the
tasks, I couldn't write one for you.

Basically, your shell script looks like this:

 1. The following line at the top of the script:

	#!/bin/bash

 2. The commands to be run, one per line, in the order they are to be
    run.

So, for example, if I need to...

 1. Change to the temporaries directory.

	cd /tmp

 2. Remove anything therein with 'AntiVirus' at the start of its name
    (as a security measure):

	rm -f AntiVirus*

 3. Run a virus scanner called `AntiVirus`:

	AntiVirus

...I would set up the following batch file:

	#!/bin/bash
	cd /tmp
	rm -f AntiVirus*
	AntiVirus

It's literally as simple as that.

Best wishes from Riley.