aximbigfan

ok, basically, i have started doing a lot of my programming in linux. the only thing is that inorder to untar and compile the source tree, it takes quite a few steps. so figured that i would make a simple script file to do a few things:
0.cd to the desktop
1. untar the source tree
2.alert me that the untar is done and that i can start edititing the source tree.
3. change to root (sudo su)
4. cd (to go root)
5. copy the toolchain (which was untarred along wit the image source) to /opt/
6.copy the source tree to opt
5. create a symbalic link (below for details)
6. edit the PATH var.
7. cd to /opt/nasoc/src/apps/
8. print a line of text telling me that the compile is about to happen.
9. make image-Oxford

now, what i did when i first got involved with this is i typed up a list of commands i needed to exicute to comple. thses are:

1. # cd /home/chris/Desktop/
2. # tar xvfz Oxford_GPL_1256_a.tar.gz
3. # sudo su
4. # cd
!!- mod f/w now -!!
5. # cp -R /home/chris/Desktop/opt/brcm/ /opt/
6. # cp -R /home/chris/Desktop/nasoc/ /opt/
7. # ln -s /opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-linux-3.0/ /opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-linux
8. # export PATH=$PATH:/opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-linux/bin/
9. # cd /opt/nasoc/src/apps/
10. # make image-Oxford

normally, i just copy and paste these line by line into the terminal window, but i would liek a bit more automated prosses.

so far i have 2 scripts, one untars the source tree, and one executes the commands leading up to the compile.

script one:
#!/bin/sh
#this is a script to untar the 1256 source tree. this is version 0.00X and 1/2 scripts.
cd /home/chris/Desktop/
tar xvfz Oxford_GPL_1256_a.tar.gz

script 2:
#!/bin/sh
#this is a script to start the compile. this is version 0.00X and is script 2/2.
sudo cp -R /home/chris/Desktop/opt/brcm/ /opt/
sudo cp -R /home/chris/Desktop/nasoc/ /opt/
sudo ln -s /opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-linux-3.0/ /opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-linux
sudo export PATH=$PATH:/opt/brcm/hndtools-mipsel-linux/bin/
sudo cd /opt/nasoc/src/apps/
sudo make image-Oxford

now, in script 2 i had to put a sudo before eatch command becosue if i tryed to put a sudo su before all of them, the terminal would prompt me for my password, then terminate.


chris

Jukov

Restart it, maxfangibi, restart it...

CodeBubba

I'd use Visual Studio myself - but that ain't gonna work in Linux.

-CB :)

breley

Originally Posted by aximbigfan

now, in script 2 i had to put a sudo before eatch command becosue if i tryed to put a sudo su before all of them, the terminal would prompt me for my password, then terminate. chris

Did you configure /etc/sudoers to allow your user access to the command(s) requested, something like this example?

I'm no linux script expert, so I'm not sure how much help I can be, but I vaguely remember something like having to do that in some cases.

Also, what about creating a shortcut to the script file and set a "run as" parameter?

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DaLabrador

* To spawn a superuser shell (Just a little tip. Nothing important ):
sudo -s (very similar to sudo su)

(I'm guessing that you want to extract the files and edit them as user chris so you really want 2 separate scripts)

* create the 2nd script without the "sudo " stuff,
chmod +x script2 (I'll guess you already knew that)
* This is how you execute the script as root (you can have a shell window open so you'd not have to type in your password all the time):
sudo ./script2 (Execute "script2" located in the present directory)

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aximbigfan

Originally Posted by DaLabrador

* To spawn a superuser shell (Just a little tip. Nothing important ): sudo -s (very similar to sudo su) (I'm guessing that you want to extract the files and edit them as user chris so you really want 2 separate scripts) * create the 2nd script without the "sudo " stuff, chmod +x script2 (I'll guess you already knew that) * This is how you execute the script as root (you can have a shell window open so you'd not have to type in your password all the time): sudo ./script2 (Execute "script2" located in the present directory)

i figured you would pich in and help mr GNU logo av....
i will try these when i have a chnace ot get on my devel os...


chris