Is the following from a bash shell prompt a good way to do it? (make dep && make clean && make boot && make modules) > make.log 2>&1 Unlike separating commands by ';' the '&&' makes it stop if an error occurs. Peter Mott | mailto:mott@mathworks.com | Voice: 508.647.7375 | http://www.mathworks.com | FAX: 508.647.7002 PGP fingerprint: AAB3 CC97 3045 15F1 A9CC ECA2 0207 FB0A 0997 8F31