Patent ID: 7133894
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, in a client, for performing a software build remotely on a server comprising: sending, from a make utility on the client, under control of a makefile script, a build request to a server, wherein the build request specifies a build script file, the build request further specifies a success condition and a success return code, and wherein the build script file is executable at the server to convert a set of input files to a set of output files to form a software build; upon completion of the software build on the server, automatically receiving a build result from the server, in response to a successful software build, requesting at last one output file from the server; receiving the at least one output file from the server; and assembling, by the make utility on the client, a software program using the at least one output file based on the makefile script.