= Build Script =

Small and medium sized projects can often be built with a simple script that invokes the Cobra compiler with the correct options for the given project.

For example, here is a bash script in a bin/ subdirectory of a project:

{{{
#!sh
#!/bin/bash

# change to the directory of the script
cd "`dirname "$0"`"
# backup
cd ..

mkdir -p build

cd source

cobra -c -d -color -timeit \
	-copy-core \
	-out:../build/MyApp.exe \
	-pkg:gtk-sharp-2.0 \
	"$@" \
	lib/ObjectLister.cobra \
	models/Project.cobra \
	models/FileModel.cobra \
	models/Invoice.cobra \
	gtk/MyApp.cobra \
	gtk/Extensions.cobra \
	gtk/TextEditor.cobra \
	gtk/AppWide.cobra
}}}

Here is another example from the Cobra compiler itself:

{{{
#!sh
#!/bin/bash
cd "`dirname "$0"`" ; cd ..
mono Snapshot/cobra.exe -compile -color -debug -ert:yes -timeit "$@" cobra.cobra -files:files-to-compile.text
}}}

In the above example, the -files option is used so that the list of source files can be maintained in a separate file, one per line:

{{{
Utils
IndentedWriter
Misc
SubversionUtils

CommandLine
TestifyRunner
BackEnd
Compiler
...
}}}

Complementary scripts named "clean", "test", etc. can also be created to help manage the project.

== See Also ==

 * BuildTools
 * RelatedProjects
 * LibraryTopics
 * LanguageTopics