Shell Tool vs. Perl Tool

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Matt J. - 18 Jan 2005 21:16 GMT

I've created a shell script that increments a build number everytime
run. I dropped it into my project and then it ran but it didn't do
anything.

If I run the script from the terminal it creates a new build.h file.

So then I set it to Perl Tool and hey, it works! Although now it only
runs when the file is touched. How can I run this bad boy at every
compile?

-Matt

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tim lindner - 18 Jan 2005 22:04 GMT

> I've created a shell script that increments a build number everytime
> run. I dropped it into my project and then it ran but it didn't do
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> runs when the file is touched. How can I run this bad boy at every
> compile?

I haven't tried this, but how about:

Have the script modify its own modification date.

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Matt J. - 20 Jan 2005 23:55 GMT

This is what I am doing currently, although I was hoping for a more
elegant solution.

-Matt

>> I've created a shell script that increments a build number everytime
>> run. I dropped it into my project and then it ran but it didn't do
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>>
>> So then I set it to Perl Tool and hey, it works! Although now it

only

>> runs when the file is touched. How can I run this bad boy at every
>> compile?
>
> I haven't tried this, but how about:
>
> Have the script modify its own modification date.

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