Bash – GCC compile result from Bash script

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hi i'am not really fluent in bash shell script, i'am doing some compilation using gcc that executed by bash script, how do I know (check) if the compilation was successful or not? any example?

Best Answer

Since you are doing this in a script, you could alternatively check the exit code of the commands as you run with the $? variable.

You could do something like: 

./configure
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
    echo Configure failed
    exit 1
fi

make
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
    echo make failed
    exit 1
fi

make install 
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then 
   echo make install failed
   exit 1
fi 

echo All steps Succeeded

Personally I tend to be more verbose and use longer forms in scripts because you never know who will be maintaining it in the future.

If it was a one off command line run i would use the method that Dennis and mibus have already mentioned

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