Event based shell script

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I have two files which I have to compile. I want to write something like an event based shell script which compiles first file and then the second file. Is it possible to write event based shell script that does action 2 when action 1 is completed.

Look into http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2847730/c-build-systems — RedX, Mar 18 '13 at 13:30

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 18 '13 at 13:28

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That thing is called make and it allows you to define targets, dependencies and rules.

answered Mar 18 '13 at 13:28

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '13 at 13:26

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Yes, just like this:

#!/bin/sh
action1
action2

answered Mar 18 '13 at 13:26

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the next question will be: how to check if command succeeded? – Andriy Tylychko Mar 18 '13 at 13:37
`action1 && action2` will perform the 2nd only if the 1st succeeds – glenn jackman Mar 18 '13 at 14:01
@AndyT try set -o errexit and it will stop execution if there is an error. – tomsv Mar 18 '13 at 16:22

Event based shell script

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