--- mitgcm.org/scripts/build_mitgcm_front	2008/02/16 18:40:03	1.1
+++ mitgcm.org/scripts/build_mitgcm_front	2018/01/14 20:58:55	1.6
@@ -1,17 +1,37 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
 
-# $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/mitgcm.org/scripts/build_mitgcm_front,v 1.1 2008/02/16 18:40:03 jmc Exp $
+# $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/mitgcm.org/scripts/build_mitgcm_front,v 1.6 2018/01/14 20:58:55 jmc Exp $
 
-export CVSROOT='/u/gcmpack' 
-cd /u/u2/jmc/testing/scripts && cvs -q update -P -d
-
-cat <<EOF
-==========================================================
-Building the mitgcm.org front pages:
-==========================================================
+#-- create a daily log file (if not already there)
+cd $HOME/testing/logs
+logpfx="bld_front_" ; sfx=`date +%m%d`
+logfile="../logs/${logpfx}$sfx"
+if test -e $logfile ; then :
+else
+#-- clean-up old log files:
+  n=$(( `ls ${logpfx}* 2>/dev/null | wc -l` - 10 ))
+  if test $n -gt 0 ; then
+  echo -n ' remove files: '
+    ls -lt ${logpfx}* | tail -"$n"
+    ls -t  ${logpfx}* | tail -"$n" | xargs rm -f
+  fi
+  echo ' create new log file:' $logfile
+  touch $logfile
+fi
 
+echo '' >> $logfile
+date >> $logfile
+cat >> $logfile <<EOF
+==================================================================
+Building the mitgcm.org front pages on: `hostname` as: $USER
+==================================================================
 EOF
-cd /u/u2/jmc/testing/front_content 
-cvs -q update -P -d
-make install
-
+#export CVSROOT='/u/gcmpack'
+#cd $HOME/testing/front_content && cvs -q update -P -d
+#-----------
+echo "run 'make install' in ~testing/front_content/ :" >> $logfile
+cd $HOME/testing/front_content && make install >> $logfile 2>&1
+retval=$?
+if test "x$retval" != x0 ; then
+  echo "'make install' return with ERROR $retval"
+fi