Using a make file to script the compiles that are required will help serialize a user's compilations. You can use a flag to increase levels of parallelism if required. You can do this to put them into the background:
make -f <makefile name> >& make.log & To get a bitmore fancy, use the nice command to adjust the priority of the job: nice -n <-nn> make >& make.log & -----Original Message----- OK, so I have a corrupted mindset, coming from MVS <grin>. But suppose that I want to compile a LOT of programs. In MVS, I code up some JCL and submit it to run later. When it completes, I get a notify to my TSO id and look at the output in SDSF. I repeat this for however many compiles that I want to do. Perhaps doing the submissions over a period of time. How do I do that in Linux (or any UNIX)? In VM/CMS, I remember a CMSBATCH virtual machine which worked a bit like the MVS initiator.
