#!/bin/sh -

outfile=.make.err

# mak - convenience front-end to make for output logging and backgrounding
# Steve Kinzler, steve@kinzler.com, Mar 00
# https://kinzler.com/me/home.html#unix

iargs=; bg=

case "$1" in
-f)	iargs="$1 $2"; shift; shift;;
esac

case "$1" in
-bg)	bg=t; shift;;
esac

case "$1" in
-h)	echo "usage: $0 [ -bg ] [ make_args ]" 1>&2; exit 1;;
esac

case "$bg" in
?*)	(make $iargs ${1+"$@"} < /dev/null > "$outfile" 2>&1
	 case "$?" in
	 0)	echo  | tr -d '\012'; sleep 1; echo  | tr -d '\012';;
	 *)	echo  | tr -d '\012';;
	 esac) &;;

*)	make $iargs ${1+"$@"} 2>&1 | tee "$outfile";;
esac