Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/scripts/installExternalPackages.sh
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/scripts/installExternalPackages.sh	(revision 20647)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/scripts/installExternalPackages.sh	(revision 20647)
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#Jenkins xml files for individual packages
+EXTERNAL_TEST_FILE="$ISSM_DIR/nightlylog/results/external.xml"
+mkdir -p $ISSM_DIR/nightlylog/results
+echo "<testsuite tests=\"$NUMPACKAGES\">" > $EXTERNAL_TEST_FILE
+
+#number of packages: 
+NUMPACKAGES=$(($(echo $EXTERNALPACKAGES | wc -w )/2))
+for ((i=1;i<=$NUMPACKAGES;i++))
+do
+	NUM1=$((2*$i-1))
+	NUM2=$((2*$i))
+	PACKAGENAME=$(echo $EXTERNALPACKAGES | cut -d " " -f $NUM1-$NUM1)
+	PACKAGEINST=$(echo $EXTERNALPACKAGES | cut -d " " -f $NUM2-$NUM2)
+
+	cd $ISSM_DIR/externalpackages/$PACKAGENAME
+
+	#install if requested or if previous install has not been successful
+	echo "======================================================";
+	echo "       Installing $PACKAGENAME                        ";
+	echo "======================================================";
+	echo "<testcase classname=\"externalpackages\" name=\"$PACKAGENAME\">" >> $EXTERNAL_TEST_FILE
+	./$PACKAGEINST |  tee compil.log
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		echo "======================================================";
+		echo "    ERROR: installation of $PACKAGENAME failed        ";
+		echo "======================================================";
+		echo '<failure message="failure">' >> $EXTERNAL_TEST_FILE
+		cat ./compil.log >> $EXTERNAL_TEST_FILE
+		echo '</failure>' >> $EXTERNAL_TEST_FILE
+		exit 1
+	else
+		echo '<success message="success">' >> $EXTERNAL_TEST_FILE
+		cat ./compil.log >> $EXTERNAL_TEST_FILE
+		echo '</success>' >> $EXTERNAL_TEST_FILE
+		touch SUCCESS
+	fi
+	echo '</testcase>' >> $EXTERNAL_TEST_FILE
+	source $ISSM_DIR/etc/environment.sh
+done
+echo '</testsuite>' >> $EXTERNAL_TEST_FILE