A clear and consistent message to inform you whether a command succeeded or failed.
Trycmd runs a given command then, on the completion of said command, prints a clear message stating whether the whether the command succeeded or failed. This may be useful when running commands that report their success or failure through status codes, where their on-screen notification (if any) is too subtle. Trycmd is not subtle.
Example:
$ try wget -q www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2324.txt # Download an RFC. ============================================================================== Success: wget -q www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2324.txt ==============================================================================
To create automake build files, either use bootstrap:
$ ./bootstrap.sh
or perform bootstrap's steps manually:
$ aclocal$ autoconf$ autoheader$ automake --add-missing
Now you should have a configure and all required makefiles.
To build and install:
$ ./configure$ make$ sudo make install
To use:
$ try true # success.$ try false # failure.$ try --color=auto make # a colorful software build.
For help:
$ try -h # show usage.$ man try # manual page.