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.